Re: [PATCH RFC] Update/correct copyright notices

Andrew Cagney
2001-02-28T08:52:00Z

> (I'm quite sure I saw some message from Richard Stallman which said only
> released versions need to be copyrighted, but I cannot find it in the
> references I kept. So maybe I was dreaming.)
>
> In any case, I suggest that Kevin's script's effect be limited to past
> years. Adjusting the copyright notice is the responsibility of the
> file's maintainers, so it isn't right IMHO for a script to interfere
> like that with files I'm working on while I work on them. The script's
> use should IMHO be limited to fixing past blunders, or files for which we
> don't have active maintainers. Perhaps it should just send email to
> the responsible persons where it detects anomalies in copyright notices,
> but not actually change anything.

I've not seen RMS's comment so take the following with a grain of salt
:-)

It could perhaphs be argued that GDB is being released continuously
through the daily snapshot process. Those snapshots should have the
correct copyright information.

I don't know.

Andrew