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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Eric Blake 2011-01-04 16:04:12 -07:00
parent ed8d454684
commit 8743e70d2f
4 changed files with 18 additions and 5 deletions

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doc/gnu-oids.texi
doc/make-stds.texi
doc/standards.texi
m4/autobuild.m4

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2011-01-04 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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.
2011-01-03 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
Avoid using @acronym in install.texi.
@ -22413,7 +22422,7 @@
End:
Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as

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README
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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

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# Customize maint.mk for Autoconf. -*- Makefile -*-
# Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software
# Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software
# Foundation, Inc.
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ autom4te-update:
local-checks-to-skip ?= \
changelog-check sc_unmarked_diagnostics
# Always use longhand copyrights.
# Always use shorthand copyrights.
update-copyright-env = \
UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=0 \
UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=1 \
UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_MAX_LINE_LENGTH=72
# Prevent incorrect NEWS edits.