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Re: Ping: unreviewed copyright patches
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Ben Elliston <bje@air.net.au> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 06:59:38PM +0000, Richard Sandiford wrote:
>> These days the guideline encourage updating all files, even ones
>> that haven't changed, so I was hoping we could do that gcc-wide.
>
> If that is what the guidelines say, then I will not object. I am just
> a bit surprised that you can claim copyright for a year in which the
> file is not modified.
I've wondered about the policy for years, except that I didn't
consider it very important.
The thinking now aligns with what I always thought: the copyright year is based
on the work as a whole. Each individual file is not individually
copyrighted, any more
than pages and chapters are individually copyrighted. Its the whole book.
If you update a chapter, the book copyright date is updated. Makes more sense
to me.
My issue is likely my issue: too many names are used for the fixincludes
copyright notices.
Oh, well. Cheers -Bruce