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Re: Files in gcc/ with no copyright notice
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk>
- To: law at redhat dot com
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 19:59:12 +0100 (BST)
- Subject: Re: Files in gcc/ with no copyright notice
- References: <200310211716.h9LHGiqn017710@speedy.slc.redhat.com>
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 law@redhat.com wrote:
> I think it's rather pointless to add a big copyright header on something
> which likely isn't copyrightable (fair use). Little 5 line files aren't
> going to be copyrightable.
The given FSF rule is "Any file more than ten lines long is nontrivial for
this purpose.", so the script follows it: 5-line files aren't included but
if a t-* file is more than ten lines it is included. The implication of
the rule seems to me to be that maintainers shouldn't try to make legal
judgements about whether a particular 11-line file is copyrightable.
--
Joseph S. Myers
jsm@polyomino.org.uk