From: Joel Brobecker Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 04:22:04 +0000 (+0000) Subject: [README] Add note about copyright and license notices X-Git-Tag: gdb_7_4-2012-01-24-release~29 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=49c9c8c433df1760780f1ef2d5058756e3613b1b;p=thirdparty%2Fbinutils-gdb.git [README] Add note about copyright and license notices Also explain the use of year ranges in copyright notices. gdb/ChangeLog: * README (Copyright and License Notices): New section. --- diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index dfa36fc11fc..11fbffff27a 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2012-01-06 Joel Brobecker + + * README (Copyright and License Notices): New section. + 2012-01-06 Joel Brobecker * ada-lang.c: Reformat the copyright notice. diff --git a/gdb/README b/gdb/README index d79fecc1cd4..999f9927f6c 100644 --- a/gdb/README +++ b/gdb/README @@ -638,6 +638,26 @@ testsuite `standalone', without it being part of the GDB source tree. See the DejaGNU documentation for further details. + +Copyright and License Notices +============================= + +Most files maintained by the GDB Project contain a copyright notice +as well as a license notice, usually at the start of the file. + +To reduce the length of copyright notices, consecutive years in the +copyright notice can be combined into a single range. For instance, +the following list of copyright years... + + 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991-1993, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 + +... is abbreviated into: + + 1986, 1988-1989, 1991-1993, 1999-2000, 2007-2011 + +Every year of each range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that +could be listed individually. + (this is for editing this file with GNU emacs) Local Variables: