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Matija Šuklje
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Matija Šuklje writes Hook’s Humble Homepage, a personal blog at matija.suklje.name about security and philosophy. Since 2010, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a source on copyright notices, specifically how and why to write copyright years properly. One commenter cites it on whether bumping the year in a copyright notice has legal effect.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
My name is Matija Šuklje, but other geeks often call me Hook. I am a lawyer by profession and hacker by heart. I also have a soft spot for tea and sailing. This is my personal website and blog.
Most-linked posts?
- How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code10 people · 11 mentions · first linked 2020-04-01
What Hacker News says?
I'm not a lawyer but my 10-second google search came back with the bumping of the year only starts the copyright time length thingy (very technical term) if there has been substantial changes. Otherwise, it's pointless. source: https://matija.suklje.name/how-and-why-to-properly-write-cop... who is a lawyer
Comment linking /how-and-why-to-properly-write-copyright-statements-in-your-code
on “Tell HN: Update copyright year in your website”Submitted The tasting of surströmming as a story · 106 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introducing Activity-aware Firefox as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code … very detailed as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I put order in my bookmarks and found a better way to organise them as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code and more as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fiduciary License Agreement 2.0 (2017) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What's wrong with proprietary IM (ICQ, AIM, YIM, MSN/WLM) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open letter to the media about the misuse of the term "hacker" as a story · 1 points
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