Re: --version output change proposal

[Eric Blake]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

According to Jim Meyering on 3/19/2007 2:45 AM:
> Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> wrote:
>> address@hidden (Karl Berry) writes:
>>> If any comments, let me know before we inscribe it into standards.texi ...
>> I suppose lib/version.c in gnulib should be modified too?
> 
> Yep, version-etc.c  I'll wait a day or two, in case things change.

Any objections to installing this?  I'd really like to cut M4 1.4.9 this
week, and if I can include this patch, it would start the ball rolling for
released programs with the improved --version output.

2007-03-22  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>

        * lib/version-etc.c (version_etc_va): Update license wording to
        be more concise.  Recommended by Richard Stallman.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin)
Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFGAnoz84KuGfSFAYARAl3sAJ97D9TGUBuHO3OvUhglqhaYDrsLCQCgiY9h
oXVK0PN18nUnCtDoVPtRFfM=
=YoMJ
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Index: lib/version-etc.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnulib/gnulib/lib/version-etc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -p -r1.25 version-etc.c
--- lib/version-etc.c   1 Jan 2007 15:08:02 -0000       1.25
+++ lib/version-etc.c   22 Mar 2007 12:42:19 -0000
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ version_etc_va (FILE *stream,
 
   fputs (_("\
 \n\
-This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of\n\
-the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\n\
+License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses>\n\
+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n\
 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n\
 \n\
 "),