autoupdate

diff --git a/doc/maintain.texi b/doc/maintain.texi
index c6eb0904367e542bee747dbaebb8d28dcbcadbff..f3a8ec7f77b0a9941e95be437812ae5ea6b3448b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/maintain.texi
+++ b/doc/maintain.texi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 @c For double-sided printing, uncomment:
 @c @setchapternewpage odd
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate October 8, 2010
+@set lastupdate October 25, 2010
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -624,8 +624,11 @@ domain, if the movie companies don't continue buying laws to further
 extend copyright.  If you copy a file into the package from some other
 program, keep the copyright years that come with the file.
 
-Do not abbreviate the year list using a range; for instance, do not
-write @samp{1996--1998}; instead, write @samp{1996, 1997, 1998}.
+You can use a range (@samp{2008-2010}) instead of listing individual
+years (@samp{2008, 2009, 2010}) if and only if: 1)@tie{}every year in
+the range, inclusive, really is a ``copyrightable'' year that would be
+listed individually; @emph{and} 2)@tie{}you make an explicit statement
+in a @file{README} file about this usage.
 
 For files which are regularly copied from another project (such as
 @samp{gnulib}), leave the copyright notice as it is in the original.
@@ -2063,7 +2066,7 @@ following the rules stated in the license of each package.  For more
 information, see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html.
 
 If you are looking for service or support for GNU software, see
-http://www.gnu.org/help/gethelp.html for suggestions of where to ask.
+http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/ for suggestions of where to ask.
 
 If you would like to contribute to the development of one of these
 packages, contact the package maintainer or the bug-reporting address