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Re: one more copyright-date fix


From: Peter Eisentraut
Subject: Re: one more copyright-date fix
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:00:54 +0100
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Paul Eggert wrote:
> Albert Chin <address@hidden> writes:
> > Why are you removing the 2003 copyright date?
>
> Because Akim removed all the old dates the last time he messed with
> this.
>
> But on reflection, you're right, that notice should have all the
> years that contributed to the work.  I installed the following change
> (which also fixes some other years I missed.  What a pain this is!).

The GNU standards say

"""
This copyright notice only needs to mention the most recent year in
which changes were made---there's no need to list the years for previous
versions' changes.
"""

You might want to review in your local copy exactly what "This" refers 
to, but in my understanding there is indeed no need to list anything 
but the most recent year.





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