From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15787: Standardize license notice? Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:52:33 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83zjpn9s6w.fsf@gnu.org> <83y5579qfe.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1383439997 20424 80.91.229.3 (3 Nov 2013 00:53:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 00:53:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15787@debbugs.gnu.org To: Xue Fuqiao Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 03 01:53:20 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VclwO-0004mq-DB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 01:53:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43634 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VclwN-0007Xb-Q9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:53:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33356) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VclwD-0007XV-QH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:53:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vclw6-0006LV-Gd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:53:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46213) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vclw6-0006LR-DV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:53:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vclw6-0004W4-7k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:53:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 00:53:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15787 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15787-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15787.138343996217335 (code B ref 15787); Sun, 03 Nov 2013 00:53:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15787) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Nov 2013 00:52:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60232 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vclvm-0004VW-4g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:52:42 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:40652) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vclvj-0004VH-EA for 15787@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:52:39 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFLd/NT/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgeBsEtkQoDpHqBXoMT X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFLd/NT/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgeBsEtkQoDpHqBXoMT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="36955268" Original-Received: from 75-119-243-83.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([75.119.243.83]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 02 Nov 2013 20:52:33 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A2225660A2; Sat, 2 Nov 2013 20:52:33 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Xue Fuqiao's message of "Sat, 2 Nov 2013 16:13:43 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:79901 Archived-At: > I'll look into it. Don't bother, it's a complete waste of time. The formulation with "This program" is always valid. The formulation with "Emacs" is valid for some files but nor for all. So we can't standardize on "Emacs", and we don't want to standardize on "This program", so we can't standardize on a single text. So just close your eyes when you see these notices. Or use one of the "hide-copyright-notice" packages and move on to more useful projects that end-users will actually notice. Stefan "e.g. vc-shelve"