FYI, I'll push this soon: >From deb483e6498e32a8174e0fdd9d39d53241fe5aef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:50:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] maint: describe coreutils' policy on copyright year number ranges
* README: Mention coreutils' long-standing policy on use of M-N ranges in copyright year lists. Requested by Richard Stallman. --- README | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 3ecafc3..040c7e5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ For general documentation on the coding and usage standards this distribution follows, see the GNU Coding Standards, http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.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. + Mail suggestions and bug reports for these programs to the address on the last line of --help output. -- 1.7.3.1.45.g9855b
