Follow-up Comment #11, task #16666 (group administration):
> Now I found tuberia.pc.in which was more than 10 lines. I added the copyright
> notice to it.
Thank you; though small 11 non-empty lines don't differ from 10 lines very
much, but it does't hurt.
>> For example, you did copy INSTALL from somewhere, didn't you?
>
> Yes, I don't remember where I copied it from, or how I generated it. But I
> know I didn't write it.
...
> I can't find the issue with it. I didn't modify it, so I can't claim
> copyright
> over it, and neither add another year number because I didn't modify it.
>
> Then is the legal notice, which is simple, concise, and the only requirement
> is to preserve the copyright and "this notice".
>
> So I'm at odds here. What am I missing? Should I add my name along side the
> FSF because I'm distributing it?
No, you shouldn't add your name unless you make copyrightable changes to the
file. I mentioned it to establish the fact that you did copy some texts
rather than wrote them yourself.
Can you look for other such texts in your tarball?
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