Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode)

[Richard Stallman]

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  > Yes, it's a judgment call.  In this case, given the probability that
  > Git itself will catch incorrectly formatted author identification, I
  > see no reason to have this in our docs.

I see your point.

But will git catch an _omitted_ author specification?
Maybe we should remind people to specify that.

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