changeset 39623:eff57c5f75db

Explain where and how to put the copyright notice and permission notice in a change log file.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sat, 06 Oct 2001 02:26:58 +0000
parents 597f4c6fd1a0
children 32904f262db0
files man/maintaining.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/maintaining.texi	Sat Oct 06 02:18:09 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/maintaining.texi	Sat Oct 06 02:26:58 2001 +0000
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@
 record changes for all the files in its directory and all its
 subdirectories.
 
+  You should put a copyright notice and permission notice at the
+end of the change log file.  Here is an example:
+
+@example
+Copyright 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+Of course, you should substitute the proper years and copyright holder.
+
   A change log entry starts with a header line that contains the
 current date, your name, and your email address (taken from the
 variable @code{user-mail-address}).  Aside from these header lines,