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HOW TO MAINTAIN COPYRIGHT YEARS FOR GNU EMACS
Maintaining copyright years is now very simple: every time a new year
Maintaining copyright years is very simple: every time a new year
rolls around, add that year to every FSF (and AIST) copyright notice.
Do this by running the 'admin/update-copyright' script on a fresh repo
checkout, redirecting its output to a file, so that you could later
@ -18,16 +18,20 @@ A few known problems with the build-aux/update-copyright script:
etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL.ro for some reason
. it doesn't update the second Copyright notice, the one that gets
output into PDF and PS, in etc/refcards/ru-refcard.tex
. it doesn't update etc/refcards/gnus-refcard.tex and
doc/misc/org.org because their Copyright statements have a
non-standard format
. several README and XPM files under etc/images/, and also
. it doesn't update etc/refcards/gnus-refcard.tex, doc/misc/org.org,
nt/emacs.rc.in, and nt/emacsclient.rc.in, because their Copyright
statements have a non-standard format
. several README files under etc/images/, and also
etc/refcards/README, msdos/README, and nt/icons/README aren't
updated either
- the copyright notice for headers generated by exec/configure.ac is
not updated as the file already bears a notice above it
. the copyright notices for headers generated by configure.ac and
exec/configure.ac are not updated as the files already bear notices
above them
. the example copyright year in doc/lispref/tips.texi is not updated
These files need to be updated by hand.
These files need to be updated by hand, however note that the above list
is not necessarily exhaustive. For that reason, it's best to grep for
something like "\<202[0-4]\>" and check any hits manually.
Next, run "M-x set-copyright" from admin.el, which updates several
copyright notices in the Emacs sources.
@ -40,23 +44,21 @@ ETAGS.good* and CTAGS.good files, and then commit the new test files.
There's no need to worry about whether an individual file has changed
in a given year - it's sufficient that Emacs as a whole has changed.
Therefore the years are updated en-masse near the start of each year,
so basically there is no need for most people to do any updating of them.
The current (in 2011) version of "Information for Maintainers of GNU
Software" (see that document for more details) says that it is OK to use
ranges in copyright years, so in early 2011 the years were changed to use
ranges, which occupy less space and do not grow in length every year.
The refcards in etc/refcards can print only the latest copyright year,
but should keep the full list in a comment in the source.
For more detailed information on maintaining copyright, see the file
"copyright" in this directory.
The previous policy was more complex, but is now only of historical
interest (see versions of this file from before 2009).
interest (see versions of this file from before 2009). In early 2011,
the years were changed to use ranges. This is OK according to changes
made to "Information for Maintainers of GNU Software" that same year
(see that document for more details).
The refcards in etc/refcards can print only the latest copyright year,
but should keep the full list in a comment in the source.
"Our lawyer says it is ok if we add, to each file that has been in Emacs