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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> |
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| 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,