[PATCH] README: Define what a copyright year range means.

[Carlos O'Donell <carlos at codesourcery dot com>]

GLIBC uses year range notation for copyright years.

There is nothing wrong with using ranges, but
we should adjust the README to mention them.

`6.5 Copyright Notices' says:
~~~
You can use a range (‘2008-2010’) instead of listing individual years (‘2008, 2009, 2010’) if and only if: 1) every year in the range, inclusive, really is a “copyrightable” year that would be listed individually; and 2) you make an explicit statement in a ‘README’ file about this usage. 
~~~
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html

OK to checkin?

Cheers,
Carlos.
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2011-10-20  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos@codesourcery.com>

	* README: Define copyright year range notation.

diff --git a/README b/README
index 7c27e36..c2f9dc6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -94,4 +94,7 @@ This web page gives detailed information on how to report bugs properly.

 The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
 conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require
-these additional notices to be distributed.
+these additional notices to be distributed. License copyright years may be
+listed using range notation e.g. 2000-2011, indicating that every year in
+the range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that would otherwise be listed
+individually.

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