From: Karl Berry Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:32:22 +0000 (-0700) Subject: autoupdate X-Git-Tag: v0.1~3658 X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.org.uk/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8f0efed0d98d3aa73b3e8f6d31ed82c2a340ea6a;p=gnulib.git autoupdate --- diff --git a/doc/maintain.texi b/doc/maintain.texi index c6eb09043..f3a8ec7f7 100644 --- a/doc/maintain.texi +++ b/doc/maintain.texi @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ @c For double-sided printing, uncomment: @c @setchapternewpage odd @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file: -@set lastupdate October 8, 2010 +@set lastupdate October 25, 2010 @c %**end of header @dircategory GNU organization @@ -624,8 +624,11 @@ domain, if the movie companies don't continue buying laws to further extend copyright. If you copy a file into the package from some other program, keep the copyright years that come with the file. -Do not abbreviate the year list using a range; for instance, do not -write @samp{1996--1998}; instead, write @samp{1996, 1997, 1998}. +You can use a range (@samp{2008-2010}) instead of listing individual +years (@samp{2008, 2009, 2010}) if and only if: 1)@tie{}every year in +the range, inclusive, really is a ``copyrightable'' year that would be +listed individually; @emph{and} 2)@tie{}you make an explicit statement +in a @file{README} file about this usage. For files which are regularly copied from another project (such as @samp{gnulib}), leave the copyright notice as it is in the original. @@ -2063,7 +2066,7 @@ following the rules stated in the license of each package. For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html. If you are looking for service or support for GNU software, see -http://www.gnu.org/help/gethelp.html for suggestions of where to ask. +http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/ for suggestions of where to ask. If you would like to contribute to the development of one of these packages, contact the package maintainer or the bug-reporting address