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[gnu-emacs] / etc / CONTRIBUTE

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (C) 2006, 2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See end for license conditions.
 
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ can use it.
 
 Emacs has certain additional style and coding conventions.
 
-Ref: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html
+Ref: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/
 Ref: GNU Coding Standards Info Manual
 Ref: The "Tips" Appendix in the Emacs Lisp Reference.
 
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ Contact us at emacs-devel@gnu.org to obtain the relevant forms.
 
 * Getting the Source Code
 
-The latest version of Emacs can be downloaded using CVS or Arch from
-the Savannah web site.  It is important to write your patch based on
-this version; if you start from an older version, your patch may be
-outdated when you write it, and maintainers will have a hard time
-applying it.
+The latest version of Emacs can be downloaded using CVS (or other
+version control systems) from the Savannah web site.  It is important
+to write your patch based on this version; if you start from an older
+version, your patch may be outdated when you write it, and maintainers
+will have a hard time applying it.
 
 After you have downloaded the CVS source, you should read the file
 INSTALL.CVS for build instructions (they differ to some extent from a
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ The file etc/DEBUG describes how to debug Emacs bugs.
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 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
 
 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@ 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
-along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
-Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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