GNU bug report logs - #15787
Standardize license notice?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 02:31:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 15787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 15787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15787: Standardize license notice?
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:52:33 -0400

> I'll look into it.

Don't bother, it's a complete waste of time.  The formulation with "This
program" is always valid.  The formulation with "Emacs" is valid for
some files but nor for all.  So we can't standardize on "Emacs", and we
don't want to standardize on "This program", so we can't standardize on
a single text.  So just close your eyes when you see these notices.
Or use one of the "hide-copyright-notice" packages and move on to more
useful projects that end-users will actually notice.


        Stefan "e.g. vc-shelve"
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 172 days ago.

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