Re: update-copyright for non-FSF copyright notices?

[Simon Josefsson]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> How about this patch?  Not all projects are copyright'ed by the FSF.
>> The patch makes it possible to override the otherwise hard-coded string,
>> thought cfg.mk and without modifying the update-copyright script iself.
>
> I like it.
> One suggestion before you push it:
...
>> -my $holder = 'Free Software Foundation, Inc.';
>> +my $holder = $ENV{UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_HOLDER};
>> +!$holder
>> +  and $holder = 'Free Software Foundation, Inc.';
>
> In this case, I prefer to use this idiom;  less duplication:
>
>     $holder ||= 'Free Software Foundation, Inc.';

Thanks, that looks indeed better.  I have pushed an updated version of
the patch.

/Simon