Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:23:46 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Cc: Ken Smith <kensmith@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys copyright.h Message-ID: <200404231823.46377.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <20040422190049.GA19359@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <200404221720.i3MHKDjG066787@repoman.freebsd.org> <p06020423bcadc5f0269b@[128.113.24.47]> <20040422190049.GA19359@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
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On Thursday 22 April 2004 12:00, Ken Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 02:57:56PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> > At 2:27 PM -0400 4/22/04, Ken Smith wrote:
> > >... so just for confirmation: Basically any line
> > >that has the word 'copyright' on it most likely needs to be
> > >changed, though engage brain briefly before changing it (e.g.
> > >if it's buried inside of the UCB copyright statement leave it
> > >alone, just FBSD copyrights). Is that more or less the algorithm?
> >
> > I don't think we can just do that across all source files in
> > the system, if that's what you are thinking of.
>
> Yeah, after a small amount of poking around I realized that can't
> be the right algorithm. :-) I asked Ruslan privately to provide
> a hint what the right algorthm is. :-)
The right algorithm for most source files is to update the copyright
statement if and only if you're fixing something, too.
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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