From 88c9c16a68a60db9d70bd566050e115f222c8cd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 08:08:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- man7/man-pages.7 | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index ff134aea0..d37518320 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -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.