From bf5e939319cfc8b12a13073122d04d51c7b31260 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:05:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] lisp/term/README dealt with. --- admin/notes/copyright | 29 +++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/admin/notes/copyright b/admin/notes/copyright index 2def2ffcf3c..8d3cbe939c3 100644 --- a/admin/notes/copyright +++ b/admin/notes/copyright @@ -72,10 +72,11 @@ Copyright changes should be propagated to any associated repositories All README (and other such text files) that are non-trivial should contain copyright statements and GPL license notices, exactly as .el -files do (see e.g. README in the top-level directory). (Before 2007, +files do (see e.g. README in the top-level directory). Before 2007, we used a simple, short statement permitting copying and modification provided legal notices were retained. In Feb 2007 we switched to the -standard GPL text, on legal advice.) +standard GPL text, on legal advice. Some older text files in etc/ +should, however, keep their current licenses (see below for list). For image files, the copyright and license details should be recorded in a README file in each directory with images. (Legal advice says @@ -221,6 +222,18 @@ src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h ** Some notes on resolved issues, for historical information only +lisp/term/README + - had no copyright notice till Feb 2007. ChangeLog.3 suggests it was + written by Eric Raymond. When asked by rms on 14 Feb 2007 he said: + + I don't remember writing it, but it reads like my prose and I believe + I wrote the feature(s) it's describing. So I would have been the + likeliest person to write it. + + Odds are that I did, but I'm not certain. + + Accordingly, FSF copyright was added. + *** These are copyright issues that need not be fixed until after Emacs 22 is released (though if they can be fixed before, that is @@ -282,18 +295,6 @@ Maybe some relevant comments here? -All non-trivial README (and other such files) need copyright and -license statements. Use GPL in most cases, rather than the short -notices we have been using till now. NB but see above for some -exceptions in etc/ that should stay unchanged. -rms: "If a README file is under 60 lines long, using the long version -[of the GPL notice] might be ugly. Please tell me if you encounter one -that is under 60 lines." - - lisp/term/README (ChangeLog.3 suggests was written by Eric Raymond) - borderline "trivial" cases - - etc/gnus-logo.eps, gnus-booklet.ps, gnus-refcard.ps just to be safe, papers are on the way for the "Gnus logo", even though it is very similar to the already-assigned "Emacs logo". -- 2.39.2