From 45254c9542676d941d155070d2980306407d9294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:25:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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) --- debian/changelog | 3 +++ policy.sgml | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) 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 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 © 1996,1997,1998 Ian Jackson and Christian Schwarz. +

+ 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. +

+

This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License -- 2.39.5