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fix: copyright examples
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wesleytodd committed Jan 10, 2025
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_Please note that you **must not** change or remove existing copyright lines unless you put them there **and** have the right to do so.
If there are existing copyright lines add the recommended copyright statement below the existing copyright lines.
You may however update copyright lines that say "JS Foundation" or "Node.js Foundation" to "OpenJS Foundation" as this simply reflects the merged status of the organizations._
You may however update copyright lines that say "JS Foundation" or "Node.js Foundation" to "OpenJS Foundation" as this simply reflects the merged status of the organizations.
The same applies for individual projects that change names._

_Examples:_

**Lines you can update:**

- `Copyright 2025 The XYZ Authors.` to `Copyright The XYZ Authors.`
- `Copyright 2025 Node.js Foundation.` to `Copyright OpenJS Foundation.`

**Lines you CANNOT update:**

- `Copyright 2025 John Doe.`
- `Copyright Jane Doe.`

### 3. Standard website footer

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