Open source application and About box - can I put "copyright" in there?

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Published on 2010-03-14T23:41:14Z Indexed on 2010/03/14 23:45 UTC
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I have created an open-source application under Ms-PL, but I have some doubts on what to put into the "About" box. Is "Copyright (c) 2010 %Author name%" appropriate? Do I list all contributors as authors or separately? Also, can anybody point to existing open source applications I can use as a template for the "About" box?

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