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+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
-  2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001-2011  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
 
@@ -90,6 +89,14 @@ of the standard distribution of the OS.  The platform-specific README
 files and installation instructions should list the required tools.
 
 
+NOTE ON COPYRIGHT YEARS
+
+In copyright notices where the copyright holder is the Free Software
+Foundation, then where a range of years appears, this is an inclusive
+range that applies to every year in the range.  For example: 2005-2008
+represents the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
+
+
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify