From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Years in copyright notices Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:18:03 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <8011-Tue22Jun2004071802+0300-eliz@gnu.org> References: <200406212046.i5LKkju24244@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1087878187 28623 80.91.224.253 (22 Jun 2004 04:23:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 04:23:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 22 06:22:58 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 1BccoE-0003qP-00 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 06:22:58 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BccoD-0005yw-00 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 06:22:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BccpV-00070X-Qd for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:24:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BccpT-0006zN-HO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:24:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BccpR-0006wP-ME for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:24:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BccpR-0006wD-IU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:24:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.23] (helo=aragorn.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BccnZ-00059E-Lv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:22:17 -0400 Original-Received: from zaretski (pns03-204-123.inter.net.il [80.230.204.123]) by aragorn.inter.net.il (MOS 3.4.6-GR) with ESMTP id DHU27777; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:21:51 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <200406212046.i5LKkju24244@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:46:45 -0500 (CDT)) 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:25174 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25174 > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:46:45 -0500 (CDT) > From: Luc Teirlinck > > I see that some people update the copyright years when they make > changes, but apparently most people do not. The rule is that the copyright years should include any year during which changes were done to a file that are still present when the package is released. That means, theoretically, that if a file mumble.el was modified in the year 2003, but that change was taken out before the file was released with the next Emacs version, the year 2003 does not need to appear. But in practice, the only good way is to make sure, when you modify a file, that the current year is in the list. > Are copyright years automatically updated from CVS data when a > release is made? No, maintainers are supposed to do that when they install changes.