Subject: Re: bug#11356: automake 1.12 and (C) 2011

From: Stefano Lattarini <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:29:50 +0200

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: <af627d370[email-masked]>
From: Stefano Lattarini <[email-masked]>
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 <[email-masked]>
---
 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 [email-masked].  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