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commit 39234ca9c849583ee860537731c7c518623fed92
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Feb 13 18:20:25 2026 -0600
tmac/: Drop ersatz copyright symbol '(C)'.
Software developers have long labored under the no-longer-correct
misconception that omitting a copyright symbol from one's notice was a
fatal defect that effectively placed the work in the public domain.
That stopped being true as of 1 March 1989.[1] Further, prior to
guidance issued by the U.S. Copyright Office in the decades since, the
use of "(C)" as a substitute for a copyright sign _may not have
sufficed_ to prevent the copyright notice from being regarded as
defective. The Copyright Office, then and now, prefers the abbreviation
"copr." when © is typographically unavailable.[ibid.] Nowadays, its
advice is that "c" (note lowercase) is an "acceptable variant", that
_may_ retain the efficacy of the copyright notice. The word
"copyright", spelled out in full, also suffices per that resource, and
is already present in this notice.
[1] https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.pdf
---
tmac/62bit.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/andoc.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/den.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/devtag.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/e.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man | 2 +-
tmac/groff_me.7.man | 2 +-
tmac/groff_ms.7.man | 2 +-
tmac/groff_trace.7.man | 2 +-
tmac/mdoc/doc-common | 2 +-
tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff | 2 +-
tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff | 2 +-
tmac/mdoc/doc-syms | 2 +-
tmac/pdf.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/refer-me.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/refer-ms.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/refer.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/trace.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/trans.tmac | 2 +-
tmac/www.tmac.in | 2 +-
20 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/62bit.tmac b/tmac/62bit.tmac
index 281577d8d..b2246930b 100644
--- a/tmac/62bit.tmac
+++ b/tmac/62bit.tmac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" 62bit.tmac
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2003-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" Written by Werner Lemberg ([email protected])
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/tmac/andoc.tmac b/tmac/andoc.tmac
index d7b94f3bc..27b4c4d3a 100644
--- a/tmac/andoc.tmac
+++ b/tmac/andoc.tmac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" Load either an.tmac or doc.tmac. Multiple man pages can be handled.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1991-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 1991-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" Written by Werner Lemberg ([email protected]),
.\" based on a patch from Tadziu Hoffmann.
.\"
diff --git a/tmac/den.tmac b/tmac/den.tmac
index 518e08407..d309386db 100644
--- a/tmac/den.tmac
+++ b/tmac/den.tmac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" German localization for groff (new orthography)
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2006-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" Written by Werner Lemberg ([email protected])
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/tmac/devtag.tmac b/tmac/devtag.tmac
index affda725e..6b9b5e8ee 100644
--- a/tmac/devtag.tmac
+++ b/tmac/devtag.tmac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ devtag.tmac - macro package for adding tags to roff documents.
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
-Copyright (C) 2004-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 2004-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
written by Gaius Mulley <[email protected]>.
groff is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
diff --git a/tmac/e.tmac b/tmac/e.tmac
index 525a00124..fae5a218f 100644
--- a/tmac/e.tmac
+++ b/tmac/e.tmac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man
index 287868a85..1f5926a91 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\" Copyright (C) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2001-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2001-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/tmac/groff_me.7.man b/tmac/groff_me.7.man
index cc3022841..ef3edada5 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_me.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_me.7.man
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ documents
.\" Copyright (C) 1980, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
index 517af842c..137d8ade2 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ manuscript macro package for formatting documents
.\" Legal Terms
.\" ====================================================================
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 1989-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
diff --git a/tmac/groff_trace.7.man b/tmac/groff_trace.7.man
index 9ec2b08df..53498ab08 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_trace.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_trace.7.man
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ documents
.\" Legal Terms
.\" ====================================================================
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2002-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2002-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
.\"
diff --git a/tmac/mdoc/doc-common b/tmac/mdoc/doc-common
index 0273a557a..ce5dfbc85 100644
--- a/tmac/mdoc/doc-common
+++ b/tmac/mdoc/doc-common
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1999-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 1999-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff b/tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff
index cb6beb19b..6511345da 100644
--- a/tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff
+++ b/tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1994-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 1994-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff b/tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff
index 56a0aa1d7..664144473 100644
--- a/tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff
+++ b/tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2001-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2001-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/tmac/mdoc/doc-syms b/tmac/mdoc/doc-syms
index 036ee6e14..52d52000a 100644
--- a/tmac/mdoc/doc-syms
+++ b/tmac/mdoc/doc-syms
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2001-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2001-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/tmac/pdf.tmac b/tmac/pdf.tmac
index c43103b9a..646ebc85e 100644
--- a/tmac/pdf.tmac
+++ b/tmac/pdf.tmac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
pdf.tmac
- Copyright (C) 2011-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 2011-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by Deri James <[email protected]>
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/tmac/refer-me.tmac b/tmac/refer-me.tmac
index fc9efdeaa..6199de923 100644
--- a/tmac/refer-me.tmac
+++ b/tmac/refer-me.tmac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\"
.\" Refer support for me macros.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2011-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2011-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" Written by Werner Lemberg ([email protected])
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/tmac/refer-ms.tmac b/tmac/refer-ms.tmac
index 683a7a61d..07d7b68a4 100644
--- a/tmac/refer-ms.tmac
+++ b/tmac/refer-ms.tmac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\"
.\" Refer support for ms macros.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2011-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2011-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" Written by Werner Lemberg ([email protected])
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/tmac/refer.tmac b/tmac/refer.tmac
index 3ece6c31e..9cecf2b5f 100644
--- a/tmac/refer.tmac
+++ b/tmac/refer.tmac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\"
.\" This is an interface to 'refer', originally part of 's.tmac'.
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2011-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2011-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" Written by Werner Lemberg ([email protected])
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/tmac/trace.tmac b/tmac/trace.tmac
index 573b9eb91..3b33c7c89 100644
--- a/tmac/trace.tmac
+++ b/tmac/trace.tmac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
.\" Load this before a macro package that you want to trace.
.\"
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 1989-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" Written by James Clark ([email protected])
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/tmac/trans.tmac b/tmac/trans.tmac
index c464a55dd..8dd36369a 100644
--- a/tmac/trans.tmac
+++ b/tmac/trans.tmac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" Localization for groff
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2006-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" Written by Fabrice M�nard ([email protected])
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
diff --git a/tmac/www.tmac.in b/tmac/www.tmac.in
index 46623b419..4059e1ae6 100644
--- a/tmac/www.tmac.in
+++ b/tmac/www.tmac.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ www.tmac - macro package for adding HTML elements to roff
documents.
This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
-Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
written by Gaius Mulley <[email protected]>, with additions by
Werner Lemberg <[email protected]> and
Bernd Warken <[email protected]>.
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