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

[Paul Eggert]

> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:17:49 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> 
> At that size, it may as well have a simple permissive license, as you
> suggested.  However, the wording should be different:

OK, here's a revised patch to 'autoconf' that uses the different wording.
I think this resolves the problem for 'INSTALL'.

2001-08-14  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   Wed Aug 15 01:13:38 2001
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ Running @code{configure} Scripts
 * 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 @@ may use comes with Autoconf.
 * 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    Wed Aug 15 00:32:42 2001
@@ -256,3 +256,14 @@ Look for the package's source code in di
 @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
+
address@hidden The following copyright notice also applies to the file 
`install.texi'.
+
+Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+Copying and distribution of verbatim and modified versions of this file
+is permitted in any medium provided the copyright notice and this
+permission notice are preserved.