64640/218 ; update year

# Conflicts:
#	COPYING
#	README.md
#	scripts/build/verinfo.py

Author: Robbbert

COPYING

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ distributions.
 
 
 MAME
-Copyright (c) 1997-2025 MAME contributors
+Copyright (c) 1997-2026 MAME contributors
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, as provided

README.md

@@ -34,4 +34,3 @@ Information about the MAME content can be found at https://github.com/mamedev/ma
 Information about the MAME license can be found at https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/COPYING
 
 Information about the WINUI portion can be found at https://github.com/Robbbert/mameui/blob/master/docs/winui_license.txt
-

android-project/LICENSE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 1997-2025, MAMEdev and contributors
+Copyright (c) 1997-2026, MAMEdev and contributors
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'MAME Documentation'
-copyright = u'1997-2025, MAMEdev and contributors'
+copyright = u'1997-2026, MAMEdev and contributors'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.284'
+version = '0.285'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.284'
+release = '0.285'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

docs/source/license.rst

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ would encourage new contributors to distribute files under this license.
 Please note that MAME is a registered trademark of Gregory Ember, and permission
 is required to use the “MAME” name, logo, or wordmark.
 
-    Copyright (c) 1997-2025  MAMEDev and contributors
+    Copyright (c) 1997-2026  MAMEDev and contributors
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

docs/source/whatis.rst

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ that were its initial focus.
 
 |
 | **MAME®**
-| **Copyright © 1997-2025 MAMEdev and contributors**
+| **Copyright © 1997-2026 MAMEdev and contributors**
 | **MAME is a registered trademark of Gregory Ember**
 |