[bug-gnulib] version-etc.c and non-FSF copyrights (was: Re: version-etc.c happy new year)

[Simon Josefsson]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

> --- lib/version-etc.c 4 Oct 2004 20:17:39 -0000       1.16
...
>  const char* version_etc_copyright =
>    /* Do *not* mark this string for translation.  */
> -  "Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.";
> +  "Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.";

This reminds me, couldn't we use a xalloc/xalloc-die-approach for
version-etc?

I.e., put the version_etc_copyright variable definition in a separate
module, version-etc-fsf, and remove it from version-etc.c?  And add a
'extern char* version_etc_copyright' to version-etc.h or something.

I'd like to use version-etc.c, but my project isn't owned by the FSF.

Thanks.