Re: Patch for Copyright Notices in maintain.texi [WAS: Re: Approving Dezyne, savannah task 16067]

[Richard Stallman]

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     > Yes, I believe we need a better rule of thumb than the 10-lines
     > suggestion.

That is good, as a rule of thumb.  It is not exactly correct,
but no simple rule of thumb is going to be exactly correct.

     > > Maybe the wording here, "interesting", is what is the issue.  I think
     > > what Janneke was trying to convey (correct me if I am wrong), was a
     > > "interesting" file in the sense that it is copyrightable, and not
     > > e.g., autogenerated, just some boiler plate, simple test cases, etc.

It is not practical to ask our evaluators to judge these questions
with the knowledge of an experienced copyright lawyer.  So what CAN we
possibly do?  What feasible alternative could we use instead of the
current rule of thumb?  I don't see a better option.

But we can be less rigid about it.

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