On 04/28/2012 12:51 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > I think I'll steal the wording from coreutils' README: > > For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package > note that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval. > > Patch coming up tomorrow (unless someone beats me ;-) > Done, see attachment.
Thanks, Stefano
>From af627d3702b71802035daf992d11e37f48df2b21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: <af627d3702b71802035daf992d11e37f48df2b21.1335598177.git.stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:29:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] readme: explicitly state we use ranges in copyright years Reported by Jack Kelly in automake bug#11356. * README: Explicitly state we use ranges in copyright years; this is mandated by the GNU Coding Standards for each package that wants to actually use ranges in copyright years. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> --- README | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index d69fbd4..fdf25fa 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ New releases are announced to autotools-annou...@gnu.org. If you want to be informed, subscribe to that list by following the instructions at <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autotools-announce>. +For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package, +that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval. + ----- Copyright (C) 1994-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -- 1.7.9.5
