GNU bug report logs - #64158
--version copyright year stale, formatting

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: bug-libtool <at> gnu.org
Subject: --version copyright year stale, formatting
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 14:44:16 -0600

libtool --version reports
  Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

That should be 2022.

Also, the ordering of the elements is wrong, and the license info is
missing (and there are spurious blank lines). According to the coding
standards, I believe it should be:

--
  libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.7
  Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv2+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 2 or later
  <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <https://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

  Originally written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996.
--

Perhaps mention other post-Gord major authors, too.

Somewhat related: the web page (gnu.org/s/libtool) states 2.4.6 as the
latest stable release, but afaik it's 2.4.7. --best, karl.

Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen <at> simple.dallas.tx.us>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 64158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-libtool <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64158: --version copyright year stale, formatting
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:05:59 -0500 (CDT)

On Sun, 18 Jun 2023, Karl Berry wrote:
>
> Also, the ordering of the elements is wrong, and the license info is
> missing (and there are spurious blank lines). According to the coding
> standards, I believe it should be:
>
> --
>  libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.7
>  Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>  License GPLv2+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 2 or later
>  <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <https://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
>  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Parts of "libtool" are ofered under a special exception.  For example, 
in ltdl.c I see

"
As a special exception to the GNU Lesser General Public License,
if you distribute this file as part of a program or library that
is built using GNU Libtool, you may include this file under the
same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
"

In fact in libtool-2.4.6 I see 51 files which mention "special 
exception".

This may be why the normal blanket statement does not appear in the 
--version text.

> Perhaps mention other post-Gord major authors, too.

That would be great since post-Gord authors produced most of the 
current product.

Bob
-- 
Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen <at> simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
Public Key,     http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/public-key.txt

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