Explain the copyright dates

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 27de758229354f4891bc3cf1b45c5a415947cd77..d02f6c17495e062ed8cee24273a3ca0a9d33c8f2 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
          Copyright © 1996,1997,1998 Ian Jackson
          and Christian Schwarz.
        </copyrightsummary>
+       <p>
+         These are the copyright dates of the original Policy manual.
+         Since then, this manual has been updated by many others.  No
+         comprehensive collection of copyright notices for subsequent
+         work exists.
+       </p>
+
        <p>
          This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or
          modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License