> > +Such ranges are used when nontrivial changes were made to that file
> > +each and every year in the range (inclusive).
> 
> The FSF rule for listing a year is "nontrivial changes to the package" 
> rather than "to that file" (this is the basis on which it's OK to update 
> the year in all files at the start of the year).  As I understand it, this 
> combines with the rule about ranges to allow "<first-year>-2012" for every 
> file (at least, if there is some version in version control from each year 
> in the range).

That's a good point, thank you.

I propose we simply remove that sentence, then. It's not really
all that necessary, after all. Here is a new revision.

Thoughts?
-- 
Joel