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Date:      Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:27:49 -0700 (MST)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, jeff@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r187580 - head/tools/sched
Message-ID:  <20090126.102749.-1017604081.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090126083518.GB87007@dragon.NUXI.org>
References:  <200901220621.n0M6LU5v002745@svn.freebsd.org> <20090122.104114.1927899760.imp@bsdimp.com> <20090126083518.GB87007@dragon.NUXI.org>

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            "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:41:14AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > In message: <200901220621.n0M6LU5v002745@svn.freebsd.org>
: >             Jeff Roberson <jeff@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > : Author: jeff
: > : Date: Thu Jan 22 06:21:30 2009
: > : New Revision: 187580
: > : URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/187580
: > : 
: > : Log:
: > :    - Update my copyright.
: > : +# Copyright (c) 2002-2003, 2009, Jeffrey Roberson <jeff@freebsd.org>
: > 
: > Stylistically, this should be 2002-2009.  We don't need to list each
: > and every year, so the project's policy is to list the earliest and
: > the latest year.
: 
: There is debate on this.  GCC/Bintuils/GDB require years to be
: specifically listed in which changes occur.  Generally this means
: discrete years, but I believe "2002-2003, 2009" maybe accepted also.
: The listed years should not imply changes happened in years there was no
: change, which 2002-2009 would imply.
: 
: This is also what the lawyers at work require.

Right.  But this is the FreeBSD project, and we, as a project, have
determined that ranges are sufficient.  There's no debate within the
project about policy.  Of course, other projects do other things.

: > See, for example, http://www.oppedahl.com/copyrights/ for the
: > reasoning behind this.
: 
: Unfortunately this returns "(61) Connection refused".

Works for me just now.

Warner



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