1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/version.c b/version.c
index 54051bb52e..0b80685000 100644
--- a/version.c
+++ b/version.c
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@
 #include "version.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+const char ruby_version[] = RUBY_VERSION;
+const char ruby_release_date[] = RUBY_RELEASE_DATE;
+const char ruby_platform[] = RUBY_PLATFORM;
+
 void
 Init_version()
 {
-    VALUE v = rb_obj_freeze(rb_str_new2(RUBY_VERSION));
-    VALUE d = rb_obj_freeze(rb_str_new2(RUBY_RELEASE_DATE));
-    VALUE p = rb_obj_freeze(rb_str_new2(RUBY_PLATFORM));
+    VALUE v = rb_obj_freeze(rb_str_new2(ruby_version));
+    VALUE d = rb_obj_freeze(rb_str_new2(ruby_release_date));
+    VALUE p = rb_obj_freeze(rb_str_new2(ruby_platform));
 
     rb_define_global_const("RUBY_VERSION", v);
     rb_define_global_const("RUBY_RELEASE_DATE", d);
@@ -40,6 +44,6 @@ ruby_show_version()
 void
 ruby_show_copyright()
 {
-    printf("ruby - Copyright (C) 1993-2003 Yukihiro Matsumoto\n");
+    printf("ruby - Copyright (C) 1993-%d Yukihiro Matsumoto\n", RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR);
     exit(0);
 }