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
