Typographical errors in Texinfo format licenses

[Asher Gordon]

Hello,

I have discovered some typographical errors in some licenses in Texinfo
format. There are some '.'s that end sentences but follow capital
letters. These must be changed to '@.'. See also here¹.

Note: Paul Eggert suggests here² that I should write to gnu@gnu.org for
this issue, so that is what I have done.

See the below patch (created against the Gnulib tree):

diff --git a/doc/agpl-3.0.texi b/doc/agpl-3.0.texi
index eabb0c6df..ce3bf0d49 100644
--- a/doc/agpl-3.0.texi
+++ b/doc/agpl-3.0.texi
@@ -618,12 +618,12 @@ later version.
 @item Disclaimer of Warranty.
 
 THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
-APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
+APPLICABLE LAW@.  EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
 HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT
 WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
-PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
+PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU@.  SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
 DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
 CORRECTION.
 
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ your option) any later version.
 
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@.  See the GNU
 Affero General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
diff --git a/doc/gpl-2.0.texi b/doc/gpl-2.0.texi
index 38aa91822..4d90f1dd4 100644
--- a/doc/gpl-2.0.texi
+++ b/doc/gpl-2.0.texi
@@ -292,12 +292,12 @@ of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
 
 @item
 BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
-FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN
+FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW@.  EXCEPT WHEN
 OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
 PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
 OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
-MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS
-TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE
+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS
+TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU@.  SHOULD THE
 PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
 REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
 
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the 
License, or
 
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
diff --git a/doc/lgpl-2.1.texi b/doc/lgpl-2.1.texi
index ab03d6cc3..a04ddf472 100644
--- a/doc/lgpl-2.1.texi
+++ b/doc/lgpl-2.1.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, 
Inc.
 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
-[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL.  It also counts
+[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL@.  It also counts
 as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence the
 version number 2.1.]
 @end display
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT 
HOLDERS AND/OR
 OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE LIBRARY ``AS IS'' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
 KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
-LIBRARY IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE LIBRARY PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME
+PURPOSE@.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
+LIBRARY IS WITH YOU@.  SHOULD THE LIBRARY PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME
 THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
 
 @item
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ your option) any later version.
 
 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@.  See the GNU
 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public

Thanks,
Asher

Footnotes: 
¹  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2020-05/msg00173.html

²  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2020-06/msg00005.html

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