Nick Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This can't be done completely mechanically, since one has to check > > when the last copyrightable changes (and not all changes are > > copyrightable) have been, correct? > > > > That's correct, aside from one subtle point. It's not that "not all > > changes are copyrightable" but rather that "not all changes are big > > enough to count for copyright purposes". So the question, for each > > year, is "were substantial changes made during that year". If yes, > > that year should be mentioned. > > > > Substantial means adding up to more than 10-15 lines of total change. > > Trying to reduce it to a formula for files whose history that we're > not familiar with: > > e.g choosing cmacexp.el at random > > cvs annotate cmacexp.el > files.ann > > grep "..-...-05" cmacexp.ann | wc > 13 104 962 > > 13 < 15 => don't add copyright year. > > What are the consequences of adding a year where no copyrightable changes > were made? Presumably this is less serious than not adding a year where > such changes were made. > > How about developing a script to update these changes automatically?
Refilling a paragraph, reindenting and similar are purely mechanical (non-copyrightable) changes with possibly large numbers of changed lines. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
