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diff --git a/admin/notes/copyright b/admin/notes/copyright index 109126a306..f7565fe172 100644 --- a/admin/notes/copyright +++ b/admin/notes/copyright @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ author to make a non-trivial total. If so, make sure they have an assignment. If adding a whole file adjust the copyright statements in the file. -2. When installing code written by someone else, the ChangeLog entry +2. When installing code written by someone else, the commit should be in the name of the author of the code, not the person who installs it. Also use commit's "--author" option. Do not install any of your own changes in the same commit. @@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ else it is possible the file should not be in Emacs at all (please report!). Note that it seems painfully clear that one cannot rely on commit logs, -or even ChangeLogs, for older changes. People often installed changes -from others, without recording the true authorship. +or even change log entries, for older changes. People often installed +changes from others, without recording the true authorship. [For reference, most of these points were established via email with rms, 2007/1, "Copyright years". |