> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:22:04 +0000 > From: Ineiev <[email protected]> > CC: [email protected], [email protected] > > On 08/17/2013 07:09 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> I unpacked a GCC distribution tarball and found no copyright notices > >> in AUTHORS and ABOUT-NLS. probably it's a bug. > > > > Unless these are generated files. > > "When a file is automatically generated from some other file in the > distribution, it is useful for the automatic procedure to copy > the copyright notice and permission notice of the file it is > generated from, if possible. Alternatively, put a notice at > the beginning saying which file it is generated from." > > I.e. some kinds of generated files should have a notice.
Or just a pointer to the source, as the alternative above suggests.
