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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2012-01-04 04:11:38 +0000
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[README] Add note about copyright and license notices
Also explain the use of year ranges in copyright notices. gdb/ChangeLog: * README (Copyright and License Notices): New section.
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See the DejaGNU documentation for further details.
+
+Copyright and License Notices
+=============================
+
+Most files maintained by the GDB Project contain a copyright notice
+as well as a license notice, usually at the start of the file.
+
+To reduce the length of copyright notices, consecutive years in the
+copyright notice can be combined into a single range. For instance,
+the following list of copyright years...
+
+ 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991-1993, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
+
+... is abbreviated into:
+
+ 1986, 1988-1989, 1991-1993, 1999-2000, 2007-2011
+
+Every year of each range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that
+could be listed individually.
+
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