[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/admin/notes/years,v

[Glenn Morris]

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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