> > 9drpc.adb:-- Copyright (C) 1992-2009, Free Software > > Foundation, Inc. -- > > a-assert.adb:-- Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Free Software > > Foundation, Inc. -- > > > > Are both of these OK? Should they be changed > > to be the same? > > > > I doubt it makes any legal difference but we > > are normally picky on formatting in these areas. > > We normally follow the GNU standard for copyright notices, which is > here: > > http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html > > It says no comma. It also says do not use a dash between years, but > instead list all the years individually. See the main gcc directory > for a myriad examples. > > My understanding is that none of this makes any legal difference. I > think it's more or less up to the Ada maintainers whether they want to > strictly adhere to the GNU standards or not.
The short answer is that we prefer the current state of things (use of dashes), and use of a comma after the date, so in the above, 9drpc.adb is "correct" and a-assert.adb isn't. Arno
