add note on need for copyrights

SCCS-file: README
SCCS-SID: 4.10
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Arthur David Olson
2012-07-18 03:01:54 -04:00
committed by Paul Eggert
parent f00b852fca
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@@ -6,18 +6,23 @@ TODO BEFORE comp.sources RELEASE:
* Should /etc/zoneinfo/GMT0 change to /etc/zoneinfo/GMT, with the * Should /etc/zoneinfo/GMT0 change to /etc/zoneinfo/GMT, with the
necessary change to the newctime.3 manual page? If it is changed, necessary change to the newctime.3 manual page? If it is changed,
all the GMT0's can disappear from localtime.c. all the GMT0's can disappear from localtime.c.
* Should (a variant of) the old "etcetera" file be reinstated, to
ensure that folks in out-of-the-way places can do things such as
zic -l GMT5
to establish a reasonable approximation to their time zone as local
time?
* Gotta get "date.c" up to speed, and must conditionalize "logwtmp.c" * Gotta get "date.c" up to speed, and must conditionalize "logwtmp.c"
for the System V world. for the System V world. In particular, what about the
In particular, how to handle ambiguous 10-character arguments to date date 2415
stuff? And how to handle ambiguous 10-character arguments to date
such as such as
date 0102030405 date 0102030405
where it's unclear whether the year is at the start (UCB style) where it's unclear whether the year is at the start (UCB style)
or the end (System V style)? Also--toss in a "-a" (adjust time) or the end (System V style)? Also--toss in a "-a" (adjust tieme)
option for the Sun world? option for the Sun world?
* Could use a date manual page. * Could use a date manual page.
* Need to update the newctime.3 to describe the treatment of TZ's such * Need to update the newctime.3 to describe the treatment of TZ's such
as "Guy Mean Time", if it's decided that the treatment is reasonable. as "Guy Mean Time", if it's decided that the treatment is reasonable.
* Turn most everything into version "5.1".
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@@ -46,9 +51,9 @@ Support for Turbo C compilation has also been eliminated; it was present to
allow checking in an ANSI-style environment, and such checking is now done with allow checking in an ANSI-style environment, and such checking is now done with
gcc. gcc.
And the "dyzise" function has disappeared; it was present to allow compilation And the "dyzise" has disappeared; it was present to allow compilation of the
of the "date" command on old BSD systems, and a version of "date" is now "date" command on old BSD systems, and a version of "date" is now provided in
provided in the package. the package.
Since POSIX frowns on correct leap second handling, the default behavior of Since POSIX frowns on correct leap second handling, the default behavior of
the "zic" command (in the absence of a "-L" option) has been changed to omit the "zic" command (in the absence of a "-L" option) has been changed to omit