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@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ GNU 'tar' is derived from John Gilmore's public domain 'tar'.
 See file 'ABOUT-NLS' for how to customize this program to your language.
 See file 'COPYING' for copying conditions.
 See file 'INSTALL' for compilation and installation instructions.
-See file 'PORTS' for various ports of GNU tar to non-Unix systems.
 See file 'NEWS' for a list of major changes in the current release.
 See file 'THANKS' for a list of contributors.
 
@@ -222,26 +221,30 @@ and share your findings by writing to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.
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 * Copying
 
-       Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-       2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 1990-1992, 1994, 1997-2001, 2003-2004, 2007, 2012-2014 Free
+Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-       This file is part of GNU tar.
+This file is part of GNU tar.
 
-       GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-       it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-       the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
-       any later version.
+GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
 
-       GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-       GNU General Public License for more details.
+GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-       along with tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-       the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-       Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+NOTE ON COPYRIGHT YEARS
+
+In copyright notices where the copyright holder is the Free Software
+Foundation, then where a range of years appears, this is an inclusive
+range that applies to every year in the range.  For example: 2005-2008
+represents the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
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