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Confusing message in FAQ: "This version has been heavily edited"

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 37142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37142: Confusing message in FAQ: "This version has been heavily edited"
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:34:19 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:10:05 +0200
> Cc: 37142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > > [This version has been heavily edited since it was
> > > > included in the Emacs distribution.]
> > >
> > > I'm not sure how to interpret that.  Does that line make sense in a
> > > released version?
> >
> > So as not to imply that the people mentioned in the Copyright lines
> > above that are solely responsible for the contents, I presume.
> 
> Ah, now I understand.  Maybe I'm unusually slow, but could we please
> clarify that by adding "in the year 2000" after "included in the Emacs
> distribution"?

Sure, why not?

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