From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 22:25:28 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Explain the copyright dates
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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 db79d81..c0970a0 100644
--- 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 27de758..d02f6c1 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
 	  Copyright &copy; 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