While the 1st patch makes sense to prevent possible problems with the exemption list for 'make update-copyright', the second is a proposal to shorten the copyright headers which are becoming longer and longer over the years.
[PATCH 1/2] maint: clarify that .x-update-copyright entries are EREs [PATCH 2/2] maint: make copyright statements more consistent WDYT? Have a nice day, Berny