Re: lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el copyright

[JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu>]

On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:20:54 -0500, Glenn Morris wrote:

> 
> lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el:
> 
> ;; Copyright (c) 2000 Carsten Dominik
> ;; Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 J.D. Smith
> ;; Copyright (c) 2003,2004,2005,2006 Free Software Foundation
> 
> It is not clear to me if "J.D. Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu>" is the
> same person as the only J.D. Smith I can find in copyright.list:
> 
>     EMACS   John-David T. Smith     Us      1973    2001-06-23
>     Assigns past and future changes.(vc.el, vc-cvs.el)
>     jdsmith@alum.mit.edu

We are the same.  

> Also (for my education), does Carsten Dominik's 2000 copyright remain
> because his assignment:
> 
>     EMACS   Carsten Dominik Germany 1961    1999-05-04
>     Assigns IDLWAVE and future changes.
>     Co-author: Chris Chase
>     dominik@strw.leidenuniv.nl

Carsten moved IDLWAVE into Emacs in 2000, but the help support packages
were distributed separately (since they relied on non-free HTML
documentation).  In 2003, a new method was developed which overcame this
issue, and idlw-help.el was moved in.  Do I need to do something to update
my copyright assignment for idlw*.el?  Carsten no longer maintains it.

JD