From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Wohler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Adding missing copyright years Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 10:15:44 -0700 Organization: Newt Software Message-ID: <15888.1117127744@olgas.newt.com> References: <200505050128.KAA09924@etlken.m17n.org> <200505062342.IAA19054@etlken.m17n.org> <17022.33190.477016.139563@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <87ll63t15e.fsf@olgas.newt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117128944 30336 80.91.229.2 (26 May 2005 17:35:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:35:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 26 19:35:41 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DbMDx-0003VQ-DX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 May 2005 19:32:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DbMI3-0005Ta-TJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 May 2005 13:37:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DbMDM-00033N-2Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 May 2005 13:32:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DbMDE-0002yj-IA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 May 2005 13:32:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DbMDD-0002q2-MN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 May 2005 13:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.69.195.62] (helo=pop-altamira.atl.sa.earthlink.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DbM7U-0004gH-Ku; Thu, 26 May 2005 13:26:08 -0400 Original-Received: from h-68-165-3-118.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net ([68.165.3.118] helo=olgas.newt.com) by pop-altamira.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1DbM6o-0004jw-00; Thu, 26 May 2005 13:25:26 -0400 Original-Received: by olgas.newt.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3427116FDD; Thu, 26 May 2005 10:15:44 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from olgas.newt.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olgas.newt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30FE416F9E; Thu, 26 May 2005 10:15:44 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Richard Stallman's message of Thu, 26 May 2005 02:00:56 EDT. X-Mailer: MH-E 7.83+cvs; nmh 1.1; GNU Emacs 21.4.1 X-Image-URL: http://www.newt.com/wohler/images/bill-diving.png X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:37716 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:37716 Richard Stallman wrote: > In addition, Richard has told me that multi-line copyrights are OK, > and you can use two-digit years as long as they are bracketed by > matching four digit years (for example, 1996, 97, 98, 1999, 2000, 01, > 02, 2003). > > That was what a lawyer told me several years ago, but more recently (a > year or two ago) Eben Moglen said it was better to write each year > number completely. I'd have to agree too (not that my opinion counts ;-). I'll do that in the MH-E package while I'm at it. Thanks for the info. -- Bill Wohler http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.