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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2012-03-05 14:10:39 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>2012-03-05 14:10:39 +0000
commitadb50bd4c92424e7281156e118a687da1c8ebd7f (patch)
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downloadgunmake-adb50bd4c92424e7281156e118a687da1c8ebd7f.tar.gz
Simplify copyrights using ranges of years.
The new GNU Maintainer's Manual allows the use of year ranges in certain situations; take advantage of this simplification.
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@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Make, try using 'build.sh' instead.
GNU Make is free software. See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
-
+GNU Make is copyright by the Free Software Foundation. Copyright notices
+condense sequential years into a range; e.g. "1987-1994" means all years
+from 1987 to 1994 inclusive.
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@@ -79,17 +81,6 @@ If you need help using GNU make, try these forums:
news:gnu.utils.help
news:gnu.utils.bug
- http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=make
-
-You may also find interesting patches to GNU Make available here:
-
- http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=make
-
-Note these patches are provided by our users as a service and we make no
-statements regarding their correctness. Please contact the authors
-directly if you have a problem or suggestion for a patch available on
-this page.
-
CVS Access
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@@ -171,9 +162,7 @@ at the right README!
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-Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
-1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1988-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Make.
GNU Make is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the