Re: introduce SH 2a simulator

[Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>]

On Aug 24, 2004, Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org> wrote:

> Can you revise the ChangeLogs as follows:

>> Index: include/gdb/ChangeLog
>> from  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
>> 2004-02-13  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
>> * sim-sh.h: Add new sh2a banked registers.

> Write this as

> YYYY-MM-DD  Michael Snyder ....

> 	Committed by ....
> 	* change.

> Rewrite the below as:

> YYYY-MM-DD  Michael Snyder ....

> 	Committed by ...
> 	* final set of changes

> instead of a long winded change history.

There's a good reason why I do it the way I posted it.  Neither of
your suggestions would be correct, copyright-wise.

The law in most countries extend the copyright from the time of
creation or first publishing, until a certain number of years after
that fact, or the last day of that year, or a certain number of years
after the author's death, or something along these lines.

The relevant point here is that, in several countries, it's important
to know, as accurately as possible, the date on which the code was
written.

This is why I retain the individual ChangeLog entries, with their
corresponding dates.  Checking the code in at a later time should not
automatically extend the period in which the code is covered by
copyright.

I do agree the format I use to that end is cumbersome, but I don't see
that any other format conveys the information that may be necessary in
case of a copyright dispute.

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