From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Carsten Mattner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Updating copyright years Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:21:37 +0100 Message-ID: References: <37vcoprbco.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <86lipfp1vd.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <87lipe9wy0.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1326291716 8929 80.91.229.12 (11 Jan 2012 14:21:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:21:56 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 11 15:21:52 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rkz3n-0007w4-T4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:21:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33957 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rkz3n-0001qY-Bs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:21:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58589) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rkz3g-0001jk-EE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:21:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rkz3a-0006SX-EC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:21:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:60903) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rkz3a-0006SM-0k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:21:38 -0500 Original-Received: by iafj26 with SMTP id j26so1424961iaf.0 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:21:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=93VLyJ9NReXrJ7xyDI2Do2MgMXy7n0IaxQ/zTvq9Sp4=; b=vT/WtoGhgm4/fSG0aubdRrA9u60NazZ6my9/x87YOZ690QjdHvX5PmvVPFdlFjHoZQ 2HbvX0BC4WtQE68J34CgM6C5qV9RL2nZ6BGIpxZqIq89/wbhc8InCQY33gj+FSssEpoD ieUkVdjm47nmXNJ7NNRP43BJpHRQThqEO7GDA= Original-Received: by 10.43.43.130 with SMTP id uc2mr26353181icb.35.1326291697133; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:21:37 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.50.18.41 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:21:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87lipe9wy0.fsf@lifelogs.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.210.169 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:147585 Archived-At: 2012/1/11 Ted Zlatanov : > On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:35:34 -0800 merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwa= rtz) wrote: > >>>>>>> "GM" =3D=3D Glenn Morris writes: > GM> Katsumi Yamaoka wrote: >>>> Emacs people seem to have been updating it at the beginning of >>>> every year regardless of having been changed or not. > > GM> Emacs has done it this way for several years, as documented in > GM> admin/notes and as recommended in "Information for Maintainers of GNU > GM> Software": > > RLS> That doesn't make it right, and I've gone on the record in the past > RLS> arguing against it. > > Doesn't the act of modifying the file to insert the new year make the > file modified and thus require the new year? =A0Heh heh. > > (No opinion one way or the other, just found that amusing.) Does anyone know why it's required to include a date (year) in copyright headers. In the same context, do all licenses lend themselve to just be referred in the file header (foobar $LICENSE_NAME .... found in LICENSE), or is this dangerous? Is a complete verbatim copy of the license a requirement? Maybe if the file= is distributed separately?