Re: [PATCH] memset: also update copyright years

[Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>]

On 04/09/2012 07:15 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Mike Frysinger<vapier@gentoo.org>  wrote:
> > On Sunday 08 April 2012 14:25:57 Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> > > On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > --- a/sysdeps/i386/i686/memset_chk.S
> > > > +++ b/sysdeps/i386/i686/memset_chk.S
> > > > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> > > >   /* Checking memset for i686.
> > > > -   Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > > > +   Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > >
> > > In the future please collapse these into 2004-2012.
> >
> > ok ... Andreas suggested that too, but i thought the general GNU policy was
> > that the copyright line should reflect the years the file actually was modified.
> > if glibc is going this route, that's even easier.
>
> The FSF has said this is OK.
> http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-02/msg00125.html
>
> The GNU coding standards document has not yet been updated to reflect this.
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html

the README is not totally clear, it reads:
  "License copyright years may be listed using range notation, e.g., 
2000-2011, indicating that every year in
the range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that would otherwise be 
listed individually."

I think this should be enhanced for the above case where not all years 
are in the list,

Andreas
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