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Re: [PATCH RFC #2] Update/correct copyright notices
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- Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC #2] Update/correct copyright notices
- From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:55:45 -0700
- References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010305094727.23825U-100000@is>
On Mar 5, 9:47am, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > -@c Copyright 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > +@c Copyright 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > @c
> > @c %**start of header
> > @c makeinfo ignores cmds prev to setfilename, so its arg cannot make use
> >
> > Yikes! All the original years disappeared!
> >
> > This file was created on 1995-01-07. I checked the Red Hat archive:
> > the earliest revision of this file at Red Hat has the exact copyright
> > line shown ("1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994"). There's no evidence
> > that this file was carved out of another file, but I recommend leaving
> > the original copyright years in, as the original author wrote them in.
>
> What, without the commas between the years? Shouldn't we add the
> commas?
We should definitely add the commas. In fact, it was the lack of
commas that made my script remove all of the original years.