From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Finish updating copyright years Date: 31 Oct 2005 08:26:09 -0800 Message-ID: <86vezdlkke.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> References: <86ll0ap5sl.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <86sluhn5nc.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <868xw9n302.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130776121 30662 80.91.229.2 (31 Oct 2005 16:28:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:28:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Piet van Oostrum , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 31 17:28:38 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWcUe-0002yK-V3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:26:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWcUe-000126-De for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:26:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWcU9-0000s7-8z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:26:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWcU7-0000qr-7c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:26:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWcU7-0000qk-0j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:26:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.223.236.162] (helo=blue.stonehenge.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EWcU7-0004QH-2L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:26:11 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D76338F914; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:26:09 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (blue.stonehenge.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31735-01-100; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:26:09 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7363A8F91F; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:26:09 -0800 (PST) Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.12.13.12; tzolkin = 9 Eb; haab = 10 Zac In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 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:45183 Archived-At: >>>>> "Kim" == Kim F Storm writes: Kim> But take emacs/src/xdisp.c as an example. It is 23750 lines of C code. Kim> Now, suppose I changed 25 lines in that file. So only a fraction of Kim> the file is new creativity, but still I would update the copyright to Kim> say (C) 2005. And you would be wrong, according to my sources. You should change that file to say (c) 2004, 2005. Kim> We can argue about this issue forever, but if our lawyer says the Kim> policy is ok, I'm ok with that. And that's why I'm not arguing for change, just making sure I'm clear on everyone's point and everyone is clear on mine. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!