Hi,
I am new here, so “play nice” please. 
I just noticed something that seems(!) inconsistent… (see attachments).
When one clicks on menu item “Help” and then on “About Audacity” it struck me that when I scrolled down on tab “Audacity” it says, among other things, “copyright © 1999-2024”.
And when I click on “Build Information” it says, among other things:
“Program build date:**Jun 11 2025”.
So therefore, shouldn’t it say: “copyright © 1999-2025”? 
Great program BTW 
I’d say so…
Here in the U.S., the author/creator automatically owns the copyright to their own creations even of you don’t “claim” or register it.
With open source, you are obviously allowed to copy it but there are licensing restrictions if you try to include the code in a proprietary application, etc.
This is one of those “Well, actually…” posts.
The correct format would be either “Copyright 2025 by Muse Group” or “© 2025 by Muse Group”. You can also add “all rights reserved” if you want. This is documented, but it appears most programmers and designers don’t care about using the correct format.
Thank you all for your replies, it has been quite informative.
I didn’t know all that.
