From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Changes to Copyright: header after copyright assignment Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 20:35:34 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096832179 12560 80.91.229.6 (3 Oct 2004 19:36:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:36:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 03 21:36:06 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CEC9N-0000ml-00 for ; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 21:36:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CECFv-00081I-W2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:42:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CECFo-00081D-Pj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:42:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CECFo-000811-C0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:42:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CECFo-00080y-9P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:42:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.111.8.136] (helo=ppsw-6.csi.cam.ac.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CEC8w-0003Fj-HT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:35:38 -0400 Original-Received: from cass41.ast.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.69.186]:47736) by ppsw-6.csi.cam.ac.uk (mx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.146]:25) with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CEC8s-0005jO-S4 (return-path ) for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 20:35:34 +0100 Original-Received: from xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk (IDENT:C0TyQWnIKnZ9o4X9j3HBro6TuPhZxgnw@xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk [131.111.69.235]) by cass41.ast.cam.ac.uk (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i93JZYse020148; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:35:34 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk (IDENT:WH+kBK6NL3L34KBnkgPqUI6lbGRRn9kY@xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk [131.111.69.34]) by xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i93JZYq09502; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:35:34 +0100 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Spook: camera Devrimci Sol corrupt Treasury primers X-Attribution: GM Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ X-Cam-AntiVirus: No virus found X-Cam-SpamDetails: Not scanned 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:27849 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:27849 If John Smith is the author of foo.el, with Copyright header: Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004 John Smith and in 2004 he assigns the copyright to the FSF so that foo.el can be included in Emacs, should the Copyright in the Emacs version of foo.el read: Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004 John Smith or just: Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. or something else? Maintain.texi "Copyright Notices" suggests the latter: For an FSF-copyrighted package, if you have followed the procedures to obtain legal papers, each file should have just one copyright holder: the Free Software Foundation, Inc. but I'm unsure about being revisionist (as it were). I guess this is not an Emacs-specific question, but someone here will probably know. Thanks in advance.