From: Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Proposed patches
Date: 25 Feb 2004 15:50:06 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <buobrnnk601.fsf@mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1077691165.6554.1.camel@duende>
Alexander Winston <alexander.winston@comcast.net> writes:
> > > - Copyright (C) 1989, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02, 03
> > > + Copyright (C) 1989, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000,01,02,03,04
> >
> > I'm not sure we are allowed to abbreviate the years like that.
>
> Why not use "1989, 1992--2004"?
My recollection is that Richard posted on this list that 2-digit
abbreviations like the above were `OK', but year ranges were not
(according to the FSF's lawyer).
It seems doubtful that a space after the comma or not makes any difference.
-Miles
--
`...the Soviet Union was sliding in to an economic collapse so comprehensive
that in the end its factories produced not goods but bads: finished products
less valuable than the raw materials they were made from.' [The Economist]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-25 6:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-24 23:00 Proposed patches Miles Bader
2004-02-25 5:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-02-25 6:39 ` Alexander Winston
2004-02-25 6:50 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2004-02-25 10:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-02-25 14:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-02-25 14:29 ` David Kastrup
2004-02-25 12:09 ` Kim F. Storm
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