[bug-gnulib] Re: version-etc.c and non-FSF copyrights

[Paul Eggert]

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:

> This reminds me, couldn't we use a xalloc/xalloc-die-approach for
> version-etc?
>
> I.e., put the version_etc_copyright variable definition in a separate
> module, version-etc-fsf, and remove it from version-etc.c?  And add a
> 'extern char* version_etc_copyright' to version-etc.h or something.

That works for me, though (while we're on the subject) I'd mildly
prefer to change the signature to "extern char const
version_etc_copyright[]" while we're at it, as I don't see much point
in having it be a variable pointer to variable data.  It's not
supposed to be translated.  (And I think it's unlikely that the
copyright owner will change during the execution of the program --
though I suppose we could make it an option if that problem comes
up. :-)