From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Years in copyright notices Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:42:34 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040618024234.GB27750@fencepost> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1087526593 3656 80.91.224.253 (18 Jun 2004 02:43:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:43:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 18 04:43:08 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bb9LQ-0003G7-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 04:43:08 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bb9LQ-00078t-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 04:43:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bb9MU-0002NW-LY for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:44:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bb9MS-0002NP-3H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:44:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bb9MR-0002ND-L0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:44:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bb9MR-0002NA-GE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:44:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bb9Kz-00068K-76 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:42:41 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Bb9Kt-0000rX-06; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:42:35 -0400 Original-To: "Kim F. Storm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:25071 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25071 On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 03:13:47PM +0200, Kim F. Storm wrote: > > The latest legal advice I got is that we should not drop the 19 or 20 > > from year numbers in copyright notices. There is no need to change > > all the existing notices, but the year numbers we add should be > > written in 4 digits. > > Why not do it properly if we are going to fix 04 -> 2004 anyway? _Please_ do not do random `cleanups' if they're not really necessary; it simply makes for more merge conflicts. -Miles -- Next to fried food, the South has suffered most from oratory. -- Walter Hines Page