assignment. If adding a whole file adjust the copyright statements in
the file.
-2. When installing code written by someone else, the ChangeLog entry
+2. When installing code written by someone else, the commit
should be in the name of the author of the code, not the person who
installs it. Also use commit's "--author" option.
Do not install any of your own changes in the same commit.
report!).
Note that it seems painfully clear that one cannot rely on commit logs,
-or even ChangeLogs, for older changes. People often installed changes
-from others, without recording the true authorship.
+or even change log entries, for older changes. People often installed
+changes from others, without recording the true authorship.
[For reference, most of these points were established via email with
rms, 2007/1, "Copyright years".