Re: Standardized file headers?

I also like this simpler header, and removing the dates 2000-2026 from 
every header and moving them to the COPYING file has the advantage that 
we will only have to modify one file in January next year.

Jaime

On 4/23/26 23:49, Raymond Toy wrote:
>
> On 4/23/26 3:03 PM, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
>
>> Fair, I guess all caps makes it sound like it's a legal entity of 
>> some kind.
>> Maybe Maxima computer algebra _system_, to reflect what we call it on 
>> the Sourceforge home page.
> I’ll use that for the new files I’ve added, even though some of the 
> new files are essentially bits of some other file.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM Raymond Toy <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 4/23/26 9:41 AM, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
>>
>>>     Agreed with Ray that minimal is best.
>>>
>>>     Copyright notices haven't been needed since 1989 (Berne
>>>     convention). As I said, the main value of the header is to
>>>     inform people that the work is copyrighted and licensed under
>>>     the GPL. From that perspective, a one-liner like this is
>>>     probably sufficient for all files, old or new:
>>>
>>>     ;;; This file is part of the Maxima Computer Algebra Project
>>>     (https://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/)
>>>     ;;; Maxima is copyrighted by its authors and licensed under the
>>>     GNU General Public License.
>>>     ;;; See COPYING and AUTHORS for details.
>>     This works for me. Not sure how Robert feels about “Maxima
>>     Computer Algebra Project”. There may not be any formal “Maxima
>>     Project”, but I find that to be a good description of the loose
>>     collection of people working on Maxima and the corresponding code
>>     and info referenced from the Maxima website.
>>     &#8203;
>>
> &#8203;
>
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