Re: Finish updating copyright years

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Kim" == Kim F Storm <address@hidden> writes:

Kim> But take emacs/src/xdisp.c as an example.  It is 23750 lines of C code.

Kim> Now, suppose I changed 25 lines in that file.  So only a fraction of
Kim> the file is new creativity, but still I would update the copyright to
Kim> say (C) 2005.

And you would be wrong, according to my sources.  You should change
that file to say (c) 2004, 2005.

Kim> We can argue about this issue forever, but if our lawyer says the
Kim> policy is ok, I'm ok with that.

And that's why I'm not arguing for change, just making sure I'm clear
on everyone's point and everyone is clear on mine.

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