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README: Mention ranges are OK in copyright notices.
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- The [[https://www.gnu.org/s/gsrc/][GNU Source Release Collection]] (GSRC) is a user-land software
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- The [[https://www.gnu.org/s/gsrc/][GNU Source Release Collection]] (GSRC) is a user-land software
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distribution; unlike Guix, it relies on core tools available on the
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distribution; unlike Guix, it relies on core tools available on the
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host system
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host system
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* Copyright Notices
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GNU Guix is made available under the GNU GPL version 3 or later license, and
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authors retain their copyright. For copyright notices, we adhere to the
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guidance documented in (info "(maintain) Copyright Notices"), and explicitly
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allow ranges instead of individual years. Here's an example of the preferred
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style used for copyright notices in source file headers:
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#+begin_comment
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Copyright © 2019-2023, 2025 Your Name <your@email.com>
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#+end_comment
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Meaning there were copyright-able changes made for the years 2019, 2020, 2021,
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2022, 2023 and 2025.
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