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Re: [RFA/doco] Update copyright year in refcard
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:49:46 +0200
- Subject: Re: [RFA/doco] Update copyright year in refcard
- References: <20100101091818.GJ548@adacore.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:18:18 +0400
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> 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.