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man-pages.7: Describe COPYRIGHT section 

man-pages doesn't use COPYRIGHT sections in manual pages, but
various projects do. Make some recommendations about placement
of the section.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ BUGS
EXAMPLE
.\" AUTHORS sections are discouraged
AUTHORS [Discouraged]
COPYRIGHT [Not used in man-pages]
\fBSEE ALSO\fP
.fi
.in
@ -452,6 +453,14 @@ add a copyright notice as a comment in the source file.
If you are the author of a device driver and want to include
an address for reporting bugs, place this under the BUGS section.
.TP
.B COPYRIGHT
The
.IR man-pages
project doesn't use a COPYRIGHT section in manual pages.
Copyright information is instead maintained in the page source.
In pages where this section is present,
it is recommended to place it near the foot of the page, just above SEE ALSO.
.TP
.B SEE ALSO
A comma-separated list of related man pages, possibly followed by
other related pages or documents.