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Re: Simpler rules for copyright notices
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
Re: Simpler rules for copyright notices |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:56:57 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
"Richard M. Stallman" wrote:
> To update the list of year numbers, add each year in which you
> change the package. (Here we assume you're using a publicly
> accessible revision control server, so that every revision installed
> is also immediately and automatically published.)
It just says "change". Does this mean there is no concept of a
"significant" change any more (eg >= 10 lines, etc)?
Also, I'd find it a help if there was a more explicit statement about
the guidelines we were given for Emacs, ie something about:
If a package contains multiple files, then when you release a new
version of the package, you should update the copyright years in
_all_ files (regardless of whether a given file has been changed
since the last release).
I don't see that the question I asked on Nov 2 ("Finish updating
copyright years" thread), about whether we should add 2001 for Emacs
is explicitly answered. I think the spirit of it is that we should -
is this what you want us to do?
(I'm not trying to make mountains out of molehills for the sake of it.
IANAL, but it seems details are important, and I want to do it right!).