Re: Updating copyright notices to 2015 for PGDG

From: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Updating copyright notices to 2015 for PGDG
Date: 2015-01-10 01:19:09
Message-ID: 54B07E0D.7010308@BlueTreble.com
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On 1/6/15, 6:15 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com> writes:
>> On 1/6/15, 3:30 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>>> I dont know why it is really needed but maybe for the files that have
>>> identical copyrights one could simple reference to the COPYRIGHT file we
>>> already have in the tree?
>
>> +1
>
> Unless either of you is a copyright lawyer, your opinion on whether that's
> sufficient is of zero relevance.

No, but a friend's dad is. I could probably get his opinion on it if that would be helpful.

> Personally I think it's just fine if we have some mechanism that forces
> text files to have trailing newlines ;-)

Which is what I was suggesting... ;) AFAIK that would be a matter of installing the appropriate hook on git.postgresql.org.

https://www.google.com/search?q=git+enforce+trailing+newline
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Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting
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