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Re: bad copyright years
From: |
Nick Roberts |
Subject: |
Re: bad copyright years |
Date: |
Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:19:19 +1300 |
> > I updated copyright years in the progmodes directory (for 2005 and
> > 2006). I might have overlooked "1992-2003" but I think I was
> > following guidance at the time - I can't remember. Discussion on
> > emacs-devel in 2005 about copyright years might shed some light.
>
> Snippet from message from rms to emacs-devel:
>
> Subject: Simpler rules for copyright notices
> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:58:24 -0500
>
> [...]
>
> Do not abbreviate the year list using a range; for instance, do not
> write @samp{1996--1998}; instead, write @samp{1996, 1997, 1998}.
I didn't abbreviate the year list, it was already abbreviated. IANAL but
how about the paragraph before that one:
If you copy a file into the package from some other program, keep the
copyright years that come with the file.
All the files you mention, apart from vhdl-mode.el, are from CC mode.
--
Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob
Re: bad copyright years, Glenn Morris, 2006/11/30