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Re: Extending xm_defines syntax to get rid of more xm-files
- To: Zack Weinberg <zackw at stanford dot edu>
- Subject: Re: Extending xm_defines syntax to get rid of more xm-files
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:11:49 +0100 (CET)
- cc: "Kaveh R. Ghazi" <ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> And itty bitty files that are 90% copyright statement bug me. (When
> the total real content of a file is less than the fair-use threshold
> [ten-fifteen lines, yesno?], does it even make sense to include a
> copyright statement?)
Earlier this year RMS wrote the following:
This notice, following a copyright notice, is fine for short files
that are not important enough to worry about copylefting.
# This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
# unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
# modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Gerald
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