[notpushkin]

It’s usually done in MIT-like licenses, which are quite short.

But I’d argue that replacing it with

    Copyright (c) 207X Jonathan Fenimore
    Licensed MIT, see the license text below

or even

    Copyright (c) 207X Jonathan Fenimore
    SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

should be enough, but IANAL too.

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In longer licenses like GPL or Apache, you are not supposed to change any copyright statement placeholders. For example, there’s this line in the GPL text:

    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>

But it’s a part of the “How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs” section. You are supposed to copy it into your code and fill it out there instead.

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Or they could just compress the license amalgamation! I think it would be a bit bigger but pretty reasonable, and their lawyers should be happy with this arrangement.