Switch to standard GPL text for license.

26 files changed, 456 insertions, 91 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 97af1c44418..0f7fe6855b5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 Copyright (C) 2006, 2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+See end for license conditions.
 
 
                         Contributing to Emacs
@@ -187,6 +186,8 @@ The file etc/DEBUG describes how to debug Emacs bugs.
 
 * How to Maintain Copyright Years for GNU Emacs
 
+See admin/notes/copyright.
+
 ** Our lawyer says it is ok if we add, to each file that has been in Emacs
 since Emacs 21 came out in 2001, all the subsequent years.  We don't
 need to check whether *that file* was changed in those years.
@@ -200,6 +201,24 @@ the year it was added to Emacs, and all subsequent years.
 notice, while maintaining the full list of years in the copyright notice
 in the comments.
 
+
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 Local variables:
 mode: outline
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0e3e77d4dfa..17c2d0bff1d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6395,7 +6395,22 @@
 
     Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002,
         2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: ac61a779-1480-4884-b292-d0c39c127a73
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 3bcce41877d..5b4c2bef015 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 GNU Emacs Installation Guide
 Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
 2005, 2006, 2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-See the end of the file for copying permissions.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
 
 BASIC INSTALLATION
@@ -906,17 +906,19 @@ is_exec.c and sigaction.c.  To work around the bugs, compile these
 files and link them into temacs.  Djgpp versions 2.01 and later have
 these bugs fixed, so upgrade if you can before building Emacs.
 
-COPYING PERMISSIONS
-
-   Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
-   of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
-   copyright notice and permission notice are preserved,
-   and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
-   for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.
-
-   Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
-   of this document, or of portions of it,
-   under the above conditions, provided also that they
-   carry prominent notices stating who last changed them,
-   and that any new or changed statements about the activities
-   of the Free Software Foundation are approved by the Foundation.
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS
index 2294e754c22..7e785fcac0d 100644
--- a/INSTALL.CVS
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
 
               Building and Installing Emacs from CVS
@@ -83,3 +82,21 @@ Host subversions.gnu.org
      Protocol 2
      ForwardX11 no
      User YOUR_USERID
+
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 79423492b44..7eef4b8e2ed 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
 
 This directory tree holds version 22.0.93 of GNU Emacs, the extensible,
@@ -93,3 +92,21 @@ There are several subdirectories:
 that aren't part of the standard distribution of the OS.  The
 platform-specific README files and installation instructions should
 list the required tools.
+
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
diff --git a/lwlib/ChangeLog b/lwlib/ChangeLog
index b8fc313228b..176197e6308 100644
--- a/lwlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lwlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1336,7 +1336,22 @@
 
     Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
         2005, 2006, 2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 0cd8ab87-d764-40d9-b86d-d00c71887a9e
diff --git a/mac/ChangeLog b/mac/ChangeLog
index c498736a1a1..735ea36e28b 100644
--- a/mac/ChangeLog
+++ b/mac/ChangeLog
@@ -873,7 +873,22 @@
 
     Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
         2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: c6fd43f7-0e50-4c0a-ac82-1c8a9e45a9bf
diff --git a/mac/INSTALL b/mac/INSTALL
index 35455bb030d..3711a7e1e2d 100644
--- a/mac/INSTALL
+++ b/mac/INSTALL
@@ -2,17 +2,8 @@
 
 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
    2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
-   Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim
-   copies of this document as received, in any medium, provided that
-   the copyright notice and permission notice are preserved, and that
-   the distributor grants the recipient permission for further
-   redistribution as permitted by this notice.
-
-   Permission is granted to distribute modified versions of this
-   document, or of portions of it, under the above conditions,
-   provided also that they carry prominent notices stating who last
-   changed them.
 
 * BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS X
 
@@ -218,3 +209,21 @@ with PowerPC builds of Emacs; you will have to recompile for Intel.
 Therefore, builds of Emacs are architecture specific.
 
 Enjoy!
+
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
diff --git a/mac/README b/mac/README
index 419ba75b043..1d8cc40e545 100644
--- a/mac/README
+++ b/mac/README
@@ -2,17 +2,8 @@ Emacs for Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X
 
 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
    2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
-   Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim
-   copies of this document as received, in any medium, provided that
-   the copyright notice and permission notice are preserved, and that
-   the distributor grants the recipient permission for further
-   redistribution as permitted by this notice.
-
-   Permission is granted to distribute modified versions of this
-   document, or of portions of it, under the above conditions,
-   provided also that they carry prominent notices stating who last
-   changed them.
 
 This directory contains the files needed to build Emacs on the Mac OS
 Classic and Mac OS X.  Many of the major features of the Unix version
@@ -53,3 +44,20 @@ emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org.
 
 Steven
 <steven.tamm@mac.com>
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 54e8e3d2fff..98ccdd7818f 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -7523,7 +7523,22 @@
 
     Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002,
       2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: f1d62776-3ed5-4811-9d96-267252577dbd
diff --git a/msdos/ChangeLog b/msdos/ChangeLog
index 4a1b880edae..24f83276b92 100644
--- a/msdos/ChangeLog
+++ b/msdos/ChangeLog
@@ -638,7 +638,22 @@
 
     Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003,
        2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: b602fbb5-3776-4053-8de2-03da33c29d44
diff --git a/nt/ChangeLog b/nt/ChangeLog
index 3757dd81bdf..75afa6b3235 100644
--- a/nt/ChangeLog
+++ b/nt/ChangeLog
@@ -1320,7 +1320,22 @@
 
     Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
        2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: b3d2c29c-04a0-45d0-b52d-57354711c414
diff --git a/nt/INSTALL b/nt/INSTALL
index 24d2e1ed8da..b0a1d923520 100644
--- a/nt/INSTALL
+++ b/nt/INSTALL
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
     Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  See the end of the file for copying permissions.
+  See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
 * For the impatient
 
@@ -419,17 +419,20 @@
   thread, so this should only be a problem if you've explicitly switched
   threads.
 
-COPYING PERMISSIONS
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-  Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
-  of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
-  copyright notice and permission notice are preserved,
-  and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
-  for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.
+GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
 
-  Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
-  of this document, or of portions of it,
-  under the above conditions, provided also that they
-  carry prominent notices stating who last changed them,
-  and that any new or changed statements about the activities
-  of the Free Software Foundation are approved by the Foundation.
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
diff --git a/nt/README b/nt/README
index c7aad45d081..556db89b100 100644
--- a/nt/README
+++ b/nt/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
      2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  See the end of the INSTALL file in this directory for copying permissions.
+  See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
   This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
   Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors.  This port supports all
@@ -68,3 +68,21 @@
   cases there is a function to report bugs in a specific package;
   e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java
   mode, etc.
+
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
diff --git a/oldXMenu/ChangeLog b/oldXMenu/ChangeLog
index b44c310165a..c3f40630092 100644
--- a/oldXMenu/ChangeLog
+++ b/oldXMenu/ChangeLog
@@ -446,7 +446,22 @@
 
     Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001,
         2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 8b17c869-6677-40ce-be86-e62cf34061cf
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 3a303c38ba5..119ced810fa 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -27305,7 +27305,22 @@ See ChangeLog.9 for earlier changes.
 
     Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
         2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 5dcc435f-4038-4141-b3bf-5be51cd76bd4
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.1 b/src/ChangeLog.1
index f2559301f0a..d51791d9360 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.1
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.1
@@ -3523,7 +3523,22 @@
 
     Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 2d2c1086-b0a5-437c-bc58-fb38ce2e0f9b
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.2 b/src/ChangeLog.2
index 75dd37940d0..420688ac385 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.2
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.2
@@ -4773,7 +4773,22 @@ See ChangeLog.1 for earlier changes.
 
     Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
         2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 3334fc8a-ec24-4601-99fc-4c8adc2b31bb
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.3 b/src/ChangeLog.3
index 7ecccab5b5e..343eec689a2 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.3
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.3
@@ -16526,7 +16526,22 @@ See ChangeLog.2 for earlier changes.
 
     Copyright (C) 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 136a8e5c-4f83-403b-9132-874f1c47f8a9
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.4 b/src/ChangeLog.4
index 04310b34cad..e611bd564c5 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.4
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.4
@@ -6905,7 +6905,22 @@ See ChangeLog.3 for earlier changes.
 
     Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 2e44924a-e45a-4129-ad93-1f7bb410b609
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.5 b/src/ChangeLog.5
index 893a6497996..7cce26c5acc 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.5
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.5
@@ -7146,7 +7146,22 @@ See ChangeLog.4 for earlier changes.
 
     Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: aea244d6-d513-4b51-8dba-5ecdf1aa5875
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.6 b/src/ChangeLog.6
index 99606fe68ea..4572c8c0a3a 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.6
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.6
@@ -5356,7 +5356,22 @@ See ChangeLog.5 for earlier changes.
 
     Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 66a98e1c-2268-45e8-8a57-286b9c85a4e9
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.7 b/src/ChangeLog.7
index 8dde8ff137f..8abb6e89580 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.7
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.7
@@ -11097,7 +11097,22 @@ See ChangeLog.6 for earlier changes.
 
     Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 3b03e091-1123-4031-b67d-41683932cc48
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.8 b/src/ChangeLog.8
index ff6b3b25461..09a2325536f 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.8
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.8
@@ -13993,7 +13993,22 @@ See ChangeLog.7 for earlier changes.
 
     Copyright (C) 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 4d73444a-8f6e-4255-92a6-d3abc438b8d3
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.9 b/src/ChangeLog.9
index 2a644e13585..b6bc7e3e78a 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.9
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.9
@@ -13296,7 +13296,22 @@ See ChangeLog.8 for earlier changes.
 
     Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-  are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+  any later version.
+
+  GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 38875948-6e89-4f08-b0ca-ff328f1e8b72
diff --git a/src/README b/src/README
index 205a2ca5bc2..2751968ca89 100644
--- a/src/README
+++ b/src/README
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
 
 This directory contains the source files for the C component of GNU Emacs.
@@ -32,3 +31,21 @@ systems where you are not overly concerned with security, since it
 either requires that you install Emacs with SYSPRV or make SYSUAF.DAT
 world readable.  Otherwise, Emacs can determine information about the
 current user, but no one else.
+
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.