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authorEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2011-01-04 16:04:12 -0700
committerEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2011-01-04 16:32:25 -0700
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maint: document use of copyright ranges
* README: Copy coreutils wording for allowing copyright year ranges. * cfg.mk (UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS): Now that GNU Coding Standards permit it, prefer shorthand copyright. * .x-update-copyright: Exempt an imported file. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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@@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ For more licensing information, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html> and
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>.
+For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package
+note that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval.
+
-----
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright