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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
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--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-04 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+ * xgettext.texi: Update --copyright-holder explanation.
+
2002-01-03 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
* matrix.texi: Update.
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