Re: [SIMPLE PATCH] {master} Be more consistent in copyright notices.

[Stefano Lattarini]

On Wednesday 17 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:22:57AM CET:
> > While modifying the test script `suffix13.test' recently, I noticed
> > that it uses an obsolete form of copyright notice:
> > 
> >  # This file is part of GNU Automake.
> >  #
> >  # GNU Automake is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> [...]
> 
> Unfortunately, there is nothing simple about copyright notices; see e.g.
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-standards/2010-11/msg00005.html
> for related issues.  Also, one plan of the ever-delayed upgrade to
> GPLv3+ plus exception was to let some of the helper scripts stand on
> their own, so that might influence this text as well.
> 
> I will ask about this issue.
> 
> Thanks for bringing it to my attention,
> Ralf
> 
JFTR (but I'm not sure if this is relevant anymore), something similar to
what I propose has already been done for other files and test scripts in
the past; see for example commit e3acdefa854ccd1134cf75e5c4ae805bf1a50d67
"Reword the copyright notices to match what's suggested in GPLv3".

Regards,
   Stefano