Document copyright year ranges for ports.

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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-02-07  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * README: Document use of ranges in copyright notices.
+
 2011-11-29  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
        * bare, sysdeps/am29k, sysdeps/i860, sysdeps/i960, sysdeps/m88k,

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@@ -39,5 +39,10 @@ into a single add-on without interfering with each other.
 Like all glibc add-ons, this must be used by specifying the directory in
 the --enable-add-ons option when running glibc's configure script.
 
-
-$Id$
+The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB in the
+libc repository for copying conditions, and LICENSES for notices about
+a few contributions that require these additional notices to be
+distributed.  License copyright years may be listed using range
+notation, e.g., 2000-2011, indicating that every year in the range,
+inclusive, is a copyrightable year that would otherwise be listed
+individually.