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Revision: 032438bc980516d2bb1093c15b4e8452fa543c06
Ancestor: bb62bb7ca8974428da09ccd6b06f13788aa42d57
Author: markdoliner at pidgin.im
Date: 2009-07-31T00:56:33
Branch: im.pidgin.pidgin
URL: http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/032438bc980516d2bb1093c15b4e8452fa543c06

Modified files:
        COPYRIGHT

ChangeLog: 

Add a note about why we do this.  Feel free to correct spelling
and grammer, and change for readability and correctness.

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--- COPYRIGHT	75d39a2309992c1ee086e408bb553f1378bb54e0
+++ COPYRIGHT	74f7e1d47e1abc62409ef2315948d912bb29b043
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@ Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple
 Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple
-Copyright (C) 1998-2009 by the following:
 
-If you have contributed to this project then you deserve to be on this
-list.  Contact us (see: AUTHORS) and we'll add you.
+This file is intended to be a comprehensive list of contributors to
+this project.  If you have contributed to this project then you deserve
+to be on this list.  Contact us (see: AUTHORS) and we'll add you.
 
+Many open source projects list contributor names at the top of each
+source file that the contributor contributed to.  However, we've found
+that it is difficult to keep this list accurate.  Especially when old
+code is removed or existing code is moved to a different file.  So
+instead we chose to list a generic message at the top of each source
+file that points here.
+
+If concerns are raised as to the copyright holder of a particular
+piece of code, then that code should be traced through our version
+control system to see where it came from and who has modified it.
+
+Copyright (C) 1998-2009 by the following:
+
 Saleem Abdulrasool
 Dave Ahlswede
 Manuel Amador