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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2011-01-24 20:03:31 -0800
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2011-01-24 20:03:31 -0800
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* README: Add a note about ranges in copyright years.
(See current maintain.info.)
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@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ of the standard distribution of the OS. The platform-specific README
files and installation instructions should list the required tools.
+NOTE ON COPYRIGHT YEARS
+
+In copyright notices where the copyright holder is the Free Software
+Foundation, then where a range of years appears, this is an inclusive
+range that applies to every year in the range. For example: 2005-2008
+represents the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
+
+
This file is part of GNU Emacs.
GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify