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Re: Allow use of ranges in copyright notices

From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
To: David Edelsohn <dje dot gcc at gmail dot com>
Cc: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 15:13:32 +0000
Subject: Re: Allow use of ranges in copyright notices
References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1206301449240.28133@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> <CAGWvny=CjjKyURf9ngxPHsjZswFV2B=kJ__W6465uLmCzgEUgA@mail.gmail.com> <ory5n2l4rv.fsf@livre.localdomain> <4FF1A55F.1030701@adacore.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.1207021415140.19716@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> <CAGWvnynu=sUyZVcWb0TCeEt7BY8ACvSess5yisLRT-jRC8R==w@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012, David Edelsohn wrote:

> There was a similar discussion many years ago. The dash format is
> widely used, but the comma format has better legal clarity and
> definition in worldwide copyright litigation, at least many years ago.

Maybe questions about the meanings of the dash format are why the GNU 
instructions require a statement in a README file about the use of that 
notation.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com

References:
- Re: Allow use of ranges in copyright notices
  - From: Alexandre Oliva
- Re: Allow use of ranges in copyright notices
  - From: Robert Dewar
- Re: Allow use of ranges in copyright notices
  - From: Joseph S. Myers
- Re: Allow use of ranges in copyright notices
  - From: David Edelsohn

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