[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/admin/notes/copyright,v

[Glenn Morris]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Glenn Morris <gm>       07/03/11 20:13:23

Index: copyright
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/admin/notes/copyright,v
retrieving revision 1.72
retrieving revision 1.73
diff -u -b -r1.72 -r1.73
--- copyright   10 Mar 2007 04:36:10 -0000      1.72
+++ copyright   11 Mar 2007 20:13:23 -0000      1.73
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@
   - update BOTH notices in this file
 
 etc/emacs.csh
-  - keep simple license for this simple file
+ - written by Michael DeCorte, who has no assignment. But trivial
+ enough to not need license.
 
 etc/future-bug
  - doesn't need a humourless disclaimer, because Karl Fogel says we
@@ -377,6 +378,20 @@
 
 ** Some notes on resolved issues, for historical information only
 
+etc/TERMS
+rms: "surely written either by me or by ESR. (If you can figure out
+which year, I can probably tell you which.) Either way, we have papers
+for it." Present in Emacs-16.56 (15-jul-85).
+
+etc/ulimit.hack
+  Very obsolete file removed March 2007. Doesn't say who the author
+is, but web-search suggests Karl Kleinpaste, who has no Emacs
+assignment. Trivial anyway.
+http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.shell/browse_thread/thread/bf3df496994\
+9f1df/7e5922c67b3a98fb
+http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.questions/msg/cc7e49cacfd1ccb4
+    (original 1987 source)
+
 lisp/term/README
   - had no copyright notice till Feb 2007. ChangeLog.3 suggests it was
   written by Eric Raymond. When asked by rms on 14 Feb 2007 he said:
@@ -417,6 +432,19 @@
   and possibly add a list of all authors who have changed these files.
   (details in email from Matt Norwood to rms, 2007/02/03).
 
+etc/ms-7bkermit
+  Says it was written by Andy Lowry and Joel Spolsky. No entry for
+either in copyright.list. NB this file is not "constrained" like
+ms-kermit (rms: "We know it isn't. A comment at the front says it has
+other bindings which might be handy."). File removed March 2007.
+Re-add if clear up status at some point.
+
+etc/Xkeymap.txt
+  No info on author. File removed March 2007. rms: "It says it is
+RLK's way of remapping his keyboard, so it is not constrained. I think
+it was written by RLK. Let's delete it; if we contact RLK again, we
+can put it back."
+
 
 src/m/mips4.h, news-risc.h, pmax.h
 src/s/aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, irix4-0.h, irix5-0.h,