From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFA/doco] Update copyright year in refcard
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:47:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83d41uf6b9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100101091818.GJ548@adacore.com>
> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:18:18 +0400
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> This one is a little less obvious: doc/refcard.tex.
Approved, thanks.
> The header is easy, I just added 2010. The text, however, does not
> use spaces after the comma when specifying the copyright years.
> I followed the current usage for now, but I can certainly add spaces.
It's a matter of style. I like the spaces better, so if you have a
moment to spare, please go ahead.
> I wonder if we might simply want to use year range, eg 2000-2010.
No, that was voted down by FSF lawyers at some point. IANAL, so I
don't know the details, only that RMS told a few years ago that each
year needs to be spelled out.
> We have forgotten to update this file for years, hence the missing
> years in the text...
I think we should add them now. It is okay fixing a mistake such as
this one; leaving the mistake alone is not a good idea, because it
makes the file unprotected for the years when it was actually
maintained.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-01 9:18 Joel Brobecker
2010-01-01 10:47 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2010-01-01 11:31 ` Joel Brobecker
2010-01-01 12:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
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