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diff --git a/doc/xgettext.texi b/doc/xgettext.texi index 3d3c749..49b2448 100644 --- a/doc/xgettext.texi +++ b/doc/xgettext.texi @@ -178,16 +178,18 @@ two invocations of @code{xgettext} on the same files with the same options at different times are guaranteed to produce the same results. @item --copyright-holder=@var{string} -Set the copyright holder in the output. Translators are expected to transfer +Set the copyright holder in the output. @var{string} should be the +copyright holder of the surrounding package. (Note that the msgstr +strings, extracted from the package's sources, belong to the copyright +holder of the package.) Translators are expected to transfer or disclaim the copyright for their translations, so that package maintainers can distribute them without legal risk. If @var{string} is empty, the output files are marked as being in the public domain; in this case, the translators are expected to disclaim their copyright, again so that package maintainers can distribute them without legal risk. -The default value for @var{string} is the Free Software Foundation, Inc. -This is recommended also for packages outside the GNU project, because the -FSF is a well trusted organization. +The default value for @var{string} is the Free Software Foundation, Inc., +simply because @code{xgettext} was first used in the GNU project. @item --foreign-user Omit FSF copyright in output. This option is equivalent to |