RFR: 8365829: Multiple definitions of static 'phase_names' [v2]

[Stefan Karlsson]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:03:52 GMT, Stefan Karlsson <stefank at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/hotspot/share/opto/phasetype.cpp line 2:
>> 
>>> 1: /*
>>> 2:  * Copyright (c) 2017, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
>> 
>> This is a new file, so I think "2017," shouldn't be here.
>
> The guidelines that we follow is that if you copy code from another file to a new file you should use the old copyright years. So, using `2017, 2025,` seems correct to me.

https://openjdk.org/guide/#copyright-headers

> If you move code from an existing file to a new file, bring the entire copyright + license header over to the new file.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26851#discussion_r2288300728