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2011-01-25 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+ * README: Add a note about ranges in copyright years.
+
* configure.in: Set CANNOT_DUMP on ia64 hpux (port from emacs-23).
2011-01-25 Peter O'Gorman <bug-gnu-emacs@mlists.thewrittenword.com> (tiny change)
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files and installation instructions should list the required tools.
+NOTE ON COPYRIGHT YEARS
+
+In copyright notices where the copyright holder is the Free Software
+Foundation, then where a range of years appears, this is an inclusive
+range that applies to every year in the range. For example: 2005-2008
+represents the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
+
+
This file is part of GNU Emacs.
GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify