copyright notice on the 'INSTALL' file (proposed autoconf patch)

[Paul Eggert]

As part of my sweep to add proper copyright notices to the autoconf
source files, here's a proposed patch to add a notice to the 'INSTALL'
file that is also shipped with many other GNU packages.  (This file
has about 200 lines right now.)

My impression is that the 'INSTALL' file has always been
redistributable without limitation, just as the other autoconf files
that are intended to be distributed even with non-free software.  The
patch below makes this official.

I'll CC: this to RMS, as he may have an opinion on this.


2001-08-11  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * doc/autoconf.texi, doc/install.texi: Add a copyright notice
        to the INSTALL file.

--- doc/autoconf.texi-1.498.0.1 Sun Aug 12 04:34:23 2001
+++ doc/autoconf.texi   Sun Aug 12 04:34:13 2001
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@
 * Sharing Defaults::            Setting site-wide defaults for @code{configure}
 * Environment Variables::       Defining environment variables.
 * configure Invocation::        Changing how @code{configure} runs
+* INSTALL Copyright Notice::    Copyright notice for the @file{INSTALL} file
 
 Obsolete Constructs
 
@@ -9554,6 +9555,7 @@
 * Sharing Defaults::            Setting site-wide defaults for @code{configure}
 * Environment Variables::       Defining environment variables.
 * configure Invocation::        Changing how @code{configure} runs
+* INSTALL Copyright Notice::    Copyright notice for the @file{INSTALL} file
 @end menu
 
 @include install.texi
--- ../autoconf-2.52b/doc/install.texi  Tue Jul 17 16:34:55 2001
+++ doc/install.texi    Sun Aug 12 04:40:25 2001
@@ -256,3 +256,11 @@
 @noindent
 @code{configure} also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.
 Run @samp{configure --help} for more details.
+
address@hidden INSTALL Copyright Notice
address@hidden Copyright Notice for the @file{INSTALL} File
+
+Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+The @file{INSTALL} file is free documentation; the Free Software
+Foundation gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.