From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2328 invoked by alias); 1 Jan 2010 10:47:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 2313 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Jan 2010 10:47:40 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FH_DATE_PAST_20XX,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il (HELO mtaout21.012.net.il) (80.179.55.169) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:47:35 +0000 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KVK00400DS65C00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:47:27 +0200 (IST) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.222.44]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KVK003Z3DYVIK10@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:47:19 +0200 (IST) Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:47:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: [RFA/doco] Update copyright year in refcard In-reply-to: <20100101091818.GJ548@adacore.com> To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: <83d41uf6b9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20100101091818.GJ548@adacore.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-01/txt/msg00015.txt.bz2 > Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:18:18 +0400 > From: Joel Brobecker > > 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.