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commit 6d35f2021b998e565fe03095a20d1e48bf965d09
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Jun 19 01:37:42 2026 -0500
[refer]: Cosmetically revise copyright notices.
* src/preproc/refer/command.cpp:
* src/preproc/refer/command.h:
* src/preproc/refer/label.ypp:
* src/preproc/refer/ref.cpp:
* src/preproc/refer/ref.h:
* src/preproc/refer/refer.1.man:
* src/preproc/refer/refer.am:
* src/preproc/refer/refer.cpp:
* src/preproc/refer/refer.h:
* src/preproc/refer/token.cpp:
* src/preproc/refer/token.h: Drop ersatz '(C)' copyright symbol.
Software developers have long labored under the no-longer-correct
misconception that omitting a copyright symbol from one's notice was a
fatal defect that effectively placed the work in the public domain.
That stopped being true as of 1 March 1989.[1] Further, prior to
guidance issued by the U.S. Copyright Office in the decades since, the
use of "(C)" as a substitute for a copyright sign _may not have
sufficed_ to prevent the copyright notice from being regarded as
defective. The Copyright Office, then and now, prefers the
abbreviation "copr." when © is typographically unavailable.[ibid.]
Nowadays, its advice is that "c" (note lowercase) is an "acceptable
variant", that _may_ retain the efficacy of the copyright notice. The
word "copyright", spelled out in full, also suffices per that
resource, and is already present in these notices.
[1] https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.pdf
---
src/preproc/refer/command.cpp | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/command.h | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/label.ypp | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/ref.cpp | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/ref.h | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/refer.1.man | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/refer.am | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/refer.cpp | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/refer.h | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/token.cpp | 2 +-
src/preproc/refer/token.h | 2 +-
11 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/command.cpp b/src/preproc/refer/command.cpp
index c032a6b4a..f0ae5ddc4 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/command.cpp
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/command.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by James Clark ([email protected])
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/command.h b/src/preproc/refer/command.h
index 18132e243..216da4d32 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/command.h
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/command.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
// -*- C++ -*-
-/* Copyright (C) 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by James Clark ([email protected])
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/label.ypp b/src/preproc/refer/label.ypp
index a29eb84bd..a0d68fe50 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/label.ypp
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/label.ypp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by James Clark ([email protected])
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/ref.cpp b/src/preproc/refer/ref.cpp
index 3789c8473..e4824ac6d 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/ref.cpp
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/ref.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by James Clark ([email protected])
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/ref.h b/src/preproc/refer/ref.h
index 2182ad6f4..19a563884 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/ref.h
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/ref.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
// -*- C++ -*-
-/* Copyright (C) 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by James Clark ([email protected])
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/refer.1.man b/src/preproc/refer/refer.1.man
index 9a2756f00..6896378b9 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/refer.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/refer.1.man
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
.\" Legal Terms
.\" ====================================================================
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/refer.am b/src/preproc/refer/refer.am
index 6a5028a9e..a9b337d2c 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/refer.am
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/refer.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2014-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright 2014-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
#
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/refer.cpp b/src/preproc/refer/refer.cpp
index 4d64e7c6e..3ce7497c2 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/refer.cpp
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/refer.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1989-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright 1989-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by James Clark ([email protected])
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/refer.h b/src/preproc/refer/refer.h
index 0376fc1f2..728d7f4a5 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/refer.h
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/refer.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by James Clark ([email protected])
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/token.cpp b/src/preproc/refer/token.cpp
index e3bceb484..84cda7e24 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/token.cpp
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/token.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by James Clark ([email protected])
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/src/preproc/refer/token.h b/src/preproc/refer/token.h
index 504b5280e..1d7b2ba5f 100644
--- a/src/preproc/refer/token.h
+++ b/src/preproc/refer/token.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
// -*- C++ -*-
-/* Copyright (C) 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by James Clark ([email protected])
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
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