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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/admin/notes/years,v
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/admin/notes/years,v |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:54:37 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Glenn Morris <gm> 07/01/16 03:54:37
Index: years
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/admin/notes/years,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -b -r1.4 -r1.5
--- years 29 Aug 2005 22:46:40 -0000 1.4
+++ years 16 Jan 2007 03:54:37 -0000 1.5
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
"Our lawyer says it is ok if we add, to each file that has been in Emacs
- since Emacs 21 came out in 2001, all the subsequent years. We don't
+ since Emacs 21 came out in 2001, all the subsequent years[1]. We don't
need to check whether *that file* was changed in those years.
It's sufficient that *Emacs* was changed in those years (and it was!).
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
--RMS, 2005-07-13
+[1] Note that this includes 2001 - see
+<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2006-12/msg00119.html>
+
For the refcards under etc/, it's ok to simply use the latest year
(typically in a `\def\year{YEAR}' expression) for the rendered copyright
@@ -18,6 +21,16 @@
in the comments.
+Please fix or report any non-trivial files that have "odd" copyright
+notices. This includes missing copyright notices, and copyright
+holders other than FSF (or AIST in some cases). In most cases,
+individual authors should not appear in copyright statements. Either
+the copyright has been assigned (check copyright.list) to the FSF (in
+which case the original author should be removed and the year(s)
+transferred to the FSF); or else it is possible the file should not be
+in Emacs at all (please report!).
+
+
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