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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-07-16 15:01:34 +0100
committerJoseph Myers <jsm28@gcc.gnu.org>2012-07-16 15:01:34 +0100
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* README: Document use of ranges of years in copyright notices.
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@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ includes) for usage and porting information. An online readable
version of the manual is in the files gcc/doc/gcc.info*.
See http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/ for how to report bugs usefully.
+
+Copyright years on GCC source files may be listed using range
+notation, e.g., 1987-2012, indicating that every year in the range,
+inclusive, is a copyrightable year that could otherwise be listed
+individually.