This may be why PostgreSQL chooses to use the fictitious "PostgreSQL Developers Group" for their copyright, however, I think we can cross the bridge when we come to it. Doesn't seem to be slowing down Linux at all. P
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Andrew Ross <g...@rogers.com> wrote: > Thanks. > > Does it make sense to include copyright notices for each change? If they > build up to the point people ignore them, if they aren't already ignoring > them ;-), then it negates any value from having them there in the first > place. > > On 16 July 2010 15:39, strk <s...@keybit.net> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 02:38:52PM -0400, Andrew Ross wrote: >> > Thanks for the explanation Paul. Very much appreciated. >> > >> > My apologies for prolonging this thread with one more question. In terms >> > of >> > coding style, does it make sense to have the copyright notices for each >> > change in the code as this example? Should copyright notices from >> > previous >> > modifications ever be removed? Please point me at the style guidelines >> > if >> > this is already defined. Thanks again. >> >> There's no official style guidelines as far as I know >> (but could be wrong). What I try to do is follow the style >> I find in the file being edited. >> I started with TAB indenting for instance, but as others prefer >> spaces we're somewhere slowly moving there, for new code. >> You'll find a mix of TAB and spaces but hopefully only in different >> files. >> Changing the style of files has a bad effect on history tracking >> and regression debugging. >> >> About copyright, old notices shouldnt' be removed unless >> you're sure nothing is left from the original author. >> >> --strk; >> >> () Free GIS & Flash consultant/developer >> /\ http://strk.keybit.net/services.html >> _______________________________________________ >> geos-devel mailing list >> geos-devel@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel > > > > -- > Andrew > http://bit.ly/geodb > > _______________________________________________ > geos-devel mailing list > geos-devel@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel > _______________________________________________ geos-devel mailing list geos-devel@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel