From cb3f7f335aa69ba3e6478fea8d4591f4f6d43bc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Joel E. Denny" Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 08:17:44 -0500 Subject: maint: prepare to use date ranges in copyright notices. * README (Copyright statements): New section explaining the range notation. The GNU coding standards require this explanation. I copied ours from coreutils. * build-aux/update-b4-copyright: Revert 2010-06-17 changes that disabled Bison's automated use of ranges. * cfg.mk (update-copyright-env): Likewise. --- README | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index c99265ed..3f10f995 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Please send bug reports to . Please include the version number from `bison --version', and a complete, self-contained test case in each bug report. +* Copyright statements +For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package, +note that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval. + Local Variables: mode: outline -- cgit v1.2.1