Re: RFA: GPLv3: gcc files

[Serge Belyshev <belyshev at depni dot sinp dot msu dot ru>]

Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:

> Hi Guys,
>
>   Here is the next patch in the GPLv3 series.  It updates all(*) of the
>   files in the gcc directory, but none of the sub-directories.  The
>   changes made are:
>
>      * Add 2007 to the copyright year list, if it was not there
>        already.
>
>      * Change the text of the copyright header to say "version 3 (or
>        later)".
>
>      * Refer the reader to the COPYING3 file.
>
>      * Replace the FSF's mail address with the URL for their license
>        web page.
>
[...]

Why did you change formatting in few places, like this:


Index: gcc/et-forest.h
===================================================================
--- gcc/et-forest.h	(revision 126712)
+++ gcc/et-forest.h	(working copy)
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 /* Et-forest data structure implementation.
-   Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 /* This package implements ET forest data structure. Each tree in
    the structure maintains a tree structure and offers logarithmic time



But not everywhere:


Index: gcc/et-forest.c
===================================================================
--- gcc/et-forest.c	(revision 126712)
+++ gcc/et-forest.c	(working copy)
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /* ET-trees data structure implementation.
    Contributed by Pavel Nejedly
-   Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of the libiberty library.
 Libiberty is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
 Libiberty is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of



I think it is better not to change formatting at all to keep patch size minimal.