Re: CEDET merge

[Paul Eggert]

>> > This converted some more explicit copyright ranges like
>> >
>> > Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2007, 2010-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc
>> >
>> > to a simple range like this
>> >
>> > Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> >
>> > Is this acceptable?

> If the former is the true statement, that the latter is not an
> acceptable alternative, no. If the former was for some reason incorrect
> and the latter is correct, then obviously it is ok.

If we're talking about Emacs, "2002-2012" is a
true statement, is acceptable, and is what the
GNU coding standards currently recommend.
New versions of Emacs were published (at least via
a revision-control system) in all those years, and
there's a "NOTE ON COPYRIGHT YEARS" in the README
file that explains all this, so the GNU rules are being
followed for copyright years if the file says just
"2002-2012".