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author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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date | Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:54:37 +0000 |
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1 How to Maintain Copyright Years for GNU Emacs | 1 How to Maintain Copyright Years for GNU Emacs |
2 | 2 |
3 | 3 |
4 "Our lawyer says it is ok if we add, to each file that has been in Emacs | 4 "Our lawyer says it is ok if we add, to each file that has been in Emacs |
5 since Emacs 21 came out in 2001, all the subsequent years. We don't | 5 since Emacs 21 came out in 2001, all the subsequent years[1]. We don't |
6 need to check whether *that file* was changed in those years. | 6 need to check whether *that file* was changed in those years. |
7 It's sufficient that *Emacs* was changed in those years (and it was!). | 7 It's sufficient that *Emacs* was changed in those years (and it was!). |
8 | 8 |
9 For those files that have been added since then, we should add | 9 For those files that have been added since then, we should add |
10 the year it was added to Emacs, and all subsequent years." | 10 the year it was added to Emacs, and all subsequent years." |
11 | 11 |
12 --RMS, 2005-07-13 | 12 --RMS, 2005-07-13 |
13 | 13 |
14 [1] Note that this includes 2001 - see | |
15 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2006-12/msg00119.html> | |
16 | |
14 | 17 |
15 For the refcards under etc/, it's ok to simply use the latest year | 18 For the refcards under etc/, it's ok to simply use the latest year |
16 (typically in a `\def\year{YEAR}' expression) for the rendered copyright | 19 (typically in a `\def\year{YEAR}' expression) for the rendered copyright |
17 notice, while maintaining the full list of years in the copyright notice | 20 notice, while maintaining the full list of years in the copyright notice |
18 in the comments. | 21 in the comments. |
22 | |
23 | |
24 Please fix or report any non-trivial files that have "odd" copyright | |
25 notices. This includes missing copyright notices, and copyright | |
26 holders other than FSF (or AIST in some cases). In most cases, | |
27 individual authors should not appear in copyright statements. Either | |
28 the copyright has been assigned (check copyright.list) to the FSF (in | |
29 which case the original author should be removed and the year(s) | |
30 transferred to the FSF); or else it is possible the file should not be | |
31 in Emacs at all (please report!). | |
19 | 32 |
20 | 33 |
21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
22 | 35 |
23 | 36 |