> Von: "Ingo Schwarze" <schwa...@usta.de> > > Bernd Warken wrote on Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 05:03:50PM +0000:
> > In groff source top directory add Emacs settings for most text files. > > Almost all of this commit seems wrong, please revert. The file addition seem to be reasonable, why not use them? > The following files are not UTF-8, bus US-ASCII encoded: > > BUG-REPORT > FDL > INSTALL > INSTALL.REPO > INSTALL.gen > MANIFEST > MORE.STUFF > PROBLEMS > PROJECTS > README > README.MinGW Fine, the utf-8 line in the top directory documents can easily be removed. What about the Makefiles? > In addition to that, it is widely considered bad style to add > annotations suitable only for one particular editor to end-user > visible files. Many groff source files used this Emacs settings for really many years. > Besides, in a new work, copyright is only applicable if the work > exceeds a threshold of originality[1]. In a derived work, copyright > is only applicable to the changes and additions if these changes > and additions exceed a threshold of originality. Addition of > boilerplate text like Yeah, I made some documents in copyright 1989-2014 or 1993-2014. This should be changed to only 2014. > > > +##### Emacs settings > > +Local Variables: > > +mode: text > > +coding: utf-8 > > +End: > > appears to me as a textbook example of an addition that is *not* > copyrightable, no matter whether you use the "originality" or the > "sweat of the brow" doctrine. Consequently, bumping the list of > copyright years in such a case is a misrepresentation of the legal > situation - unless you bumped based on some *other*, indeed > copyrightable change, but a quick "git log -- FDL" gives me the > impression that is not the case. So I will change NEWS and ./src/roff/groff/Makefile.sub into the only copyright year 2014. Moreover IK will remove the utf-8 line in all top documents. But I will keep the Emacs mode setting. Thanx so far. Bernd Warken
