From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 37142@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37142: Confusing message in FAQ: "This version has been heavily edited"
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:34:19 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <834l29clqs.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmkMR4VhCCw8oLshRHAb94Nw4ziriAn=4aGNgYm0zrZ-rg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:10:05 +0200)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:10:05 +0200
> Cc: 37142@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > > > [This version has been heavily edited since it was
> > > > included in the Emacs distribution.]
> > >
> > > I'm not sure how to interpret that. Does that line make sense in a
> > > released version?
> >
> > So as not to imply that the people mentioned in the Copyright lines
> > above that are solely responsible for the contents, I presume.
>
> Ah, now I understand. Maybe I'm unusually slow, but could we please
> clarify that by adding "in the year 2000" after "included in the Emacs
> distribution"?
Sure, why not?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-22 14:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-22 13:13 bug#37142: Confusing message in FAQ: "This version has been heavily edited" Stefan Kangas
2019-08-22 13:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-08-22 14:10 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-08-22 14:34 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-08-22 15:49 ` Stefan Kangas
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