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Re: --version output change proposal
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Eric Blake |
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Re: --version output change proposal |
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Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:44:35 -0600 |
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According to Jim Meyering on 3/19/2007 2:45 AM:
> Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> wrote:
>> address@hidden (Karl Berry) writes:
>>> If any comments, let me know before we inscribe it into standards.texi ...
>> I suppose lib/version.c in gnulib should be modified too?
>
> Yep, version-etc.c I'll wait a day or two, in case things change.
Any objections to installing this? I'd really like to cut M4 1.4.9 this
week, and if I can include this patch, it would start the ball rolling for
released programs with the improved --version output.
2007-03-22 Eric Blake <address@hidden>
* lib/version-etc.c (version_etc_va): Update license wording to
be more concise. Recommended by Richard Stallman.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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Index: lib/version-etc.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnulib/gnulib/lib/version-etc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -p -r1.25 version-etc.c
--- lib/version-etc.c 1 Jan 2007 15:08:02 -0000 1.25
+++ lib/version-etc.c 22 Mar 2007 12:42:19 -0000
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ version_etc_va (FILE *stream,
fputs (_("\
\n\
-This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of\n\
-the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\n\
+License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses>\n\
+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n\
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n\
\n\
"),
Re: --version output change proposal, Bruno Haible, 2007/03/19