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Re: FYI: Update to GPLv3


From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Subject: Re: FYI: Update to GPLv3
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:55:19 +0200
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Thanks for updating every files.

I'm checking this in before somebody asks.

2007-07-16  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>

        * NEWS: Clarify that COPYING files are not updated.

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.328
diff -u -r1.328 NEWS
--- NEWS        7 Jul 2007 11:23:27 -0000       1.328
+++ NEWS        16 Jul 2007 19:52:59 -0000
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 
 * Miscellaneous changes:
 
-  - Automake is licensed under GPLv3+.  `automake --add-missing' will by
-    default install the GPLv3 file as COPYING.
+  - Automake is licensed under GPLv3+.  `automake --add-missing' will
+    by default install the GPLv3 file as COPYING if it is missing.
+    Note that Automake will never overwrite an existing COPYING file,
+    even when the `--force-missing' option is used.
 
   - New shorthand `$(pkglibexecdir)' for `$(libexecdir)/@PACKAGE@'.
 


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