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On the front page of the FreeBSD Handbook the copyright notice reads:

"Copyright=A0=A9 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 The FreeBSD
Documentation Project"

This seems excessively long. Is there a reason why it just doesn't simply r=
ead:

"Copyright=A0=A9 1995-2011 The FreeBSD Documentation Project"

This seems more readable. The former is running off the end of the
page and is starting to look cluttered. Unless there is some legal
reason I'm not aware of  listing each year in order seems unnecessary.

Sincerely,

Alan B. Clements
Saskatoon, SK