On 01/28/2011 02:24 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
> Paul's original
> idea seems basically sound ...
Thanks, but your argument suggests that my original idea was wrong,
since it would mean that files like lib/warn-on-use.h would be
distributed without copyright notices.
If I'm not mistaken, warn-on-use.h
The difference between build-aux/c++defs.h and lib/c++defs.h is that
the former contains a copyright notice - because every file we
distribute needs to have a copyright notice -, whereas the latter is
literally copied into other .h files and therefore does not have a
copyright
whereas the latter is literally copied into
other .h files and therefore does not have a copyright notice
Having a file in a public repo is legally a kind of distribution.
(This is why we're able to increment years in copyright notices on Jan 1,
for those who like to do so. :)
So the file
[trimming down the CCs, as this is no longer related to emacs]
Paul Eggert wrote:
> Currently we build
> lib/c++defs.h from build-aux/c++defs.h as part of ordinary
> 'make'. But lib/c++defs.h is the same on all platforms.
> It would save work for ordinary 'make' i
