From 7dec6c9efa627905e5b481e3a0f1fa9df29ec69b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxim Cournoyer Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:42:34 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] README: Mention ranges are OK in copyright notices. Change-Id: I8495c84f9ab462bcc64dae39acca5a8460c4b200 --- README | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index b9f36f8344f..5c0e0e20f5a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -108,3 +108,18 @@ but exposes all the API as Scheme. - The [[https://www.gnu.org/s/gsrc/][GNU Source Release Collection]] (GSRC) is a user-land software distribution; unlike Guix, it relies on core tools available on the host system + +* Copyright Notices + +GNU Guix is made available under the GNU GPL version 3 or later license, and +authors retain their copyright. For copyright notices, we adhere to the +guidance documented in (info "(maintain) Copyright Notices"), and explicitly +allow ranges instead of individual years. Here's an example of the preferred +style used for copyright notices in source file headers: + +#+begin_comment +Copyright © 2019-2023, 2025 Your Name +#+end_comment + +Meaning there were copyright-able changes made for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, +2022, 2023 and 2025.