Explain the copyright dates

* Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
  and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
  revisions available.  (Partly addresses #47438)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index db79d81ca007744f962d96ae13ac96e58ab68196..c0970a036fcb3f170a9ca0f3350d73d5899e69fa 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     on binary dependencies.  Thanks, Frank Küster.  (Closes: #529771)
   * Clarify that Installed-Size is in kibibytes.  Thanks, Martin Dorey.
     (Closes: #534408)
+  * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
+    and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
+    revisions available.  (Partly addresses #47438)
 
  -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
 

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