Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.

etc/CONTRIBUTE

@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ The file etc/DEBUG describes how to debug Emacs bugs.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 Local variables:
 mode: outline

etc/ChangeLog

@@ -4256,10 +4256,10 @@
 
   This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-  GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  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 3, or (at your option)
-  any later version.
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -4267,8 +4267,6 @@
   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.
+  along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: 094f3a51-bd72-44d0-8fac-2ac242c6c5b1

etc/DEBUG

@@ -746,10 +746,10 @@ of these variables.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -757,9 +757,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/DISTRIB

@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ above).
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -110,6 +110,4 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

etc/ERC-NEWS

@@ -1331,10 +1331,10 @@ the rest should be automatic.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -1342,8 +1342,6 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 arch-tag: 2b21b387-6cdc-4192-889c-6743cfffdcb1

etc/ETAGS.EBNF

@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 COPYING PERMISSIONS:
 
-    This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    This document 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.
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
 
     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -110,6 +110,4 @@ COPYING PERMISSIONS:
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
-    Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

etc/ETAGS.README

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ Copyright (C) 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999,
 
 This file is not considered part of GNU Emacs.
 
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+This program 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.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
 
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -45,6 +45,4 @@ 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 this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
-Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

etc/GNUS-NEWS

@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ will connect to the news host by way of the intermediate host
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -268,9 +268,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/HELLO

@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ;;; Local Variables:
 ;;; tab-width: 32

etc/MACHINES

@@ -1023,10 +1023,10 @@ End:
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -1034,8 +1034,6 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 arch-tag: 7d2e93c7-e982-40ec-9055-3cd064042473

etc/MH-E-NEWS

@@ -3120,10 +3120,10 @@ doesn't find `in-reply-to:'.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -3131,9 +3131,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/MORE.STUFF

@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ End:
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 arch-tag: c1d4e7c8-db85-44e6-909e-659e2b20fefa

etc/NEWS

@@ -1154,10 +1154,10 @@ to get the next buffer to search in the series of multiple buffers.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -1165,9 +1165,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/NEWS.1-17

@@ -2513,10 +2513,10 @@ Lisp programming changes
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -2524,9 +2524,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/NEWS.18

@@ -1603,10 +1603,10 @@ C_SWITCH_MACHINE can be defined by the m- file to specify extra `cc' switches.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -1614,9 +1614,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/NEWS.19

@@ -6523,10 +6523,10 @@ the tar file.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -6534,9 +6534,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/NEWS.20

@@ -4496,10 +4496,10 @@ select one of those items.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -4507,9 +4507,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/NEWS.21

@@ -4883,10 +4883,10 @@ support a vertical-bar cursor).
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -4894,9 +4894,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/NEWS.22

@@ -5563,10 +5563,10 @@ an error if the argument actually returns differing values.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -5574,9 +5574,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/PROBLEMS

@@ -3772,10 +3772,10 @@ of machine defines NO_UNION_TYPE.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -3783,9 +3783,7 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 Local variables:

etc/TERMS

@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ AT386-UL|at386-ul|386AT-UL|386at-ul|at/386 console,
 
 COPYING PERMISSIONS:
 
-    This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    This document 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.
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
 
     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -246,6 +246,4 @@ COPYING PERMISSIONS:
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
-    Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

etc/TODO

@@ -695,10 +695,10 @@ not be noticed if it appears within a word.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+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 3, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -706,8 +706,6 @@ 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.
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ;;; arch-tag: b0a3e40b-726a-457d-9999-ba848321b036

etc/charsets/README

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 
 # This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-# GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# 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 3, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@
 # 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.
-
+# along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 (1) Format of mapping files
 

etc/compilation.txt

@@ -451,10 +451,10 @@ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 COPYING PERMISSIONS:
 
-    This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    This document 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.
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
 
     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -462,6 +462,4 @@ COPYING PERMISSIONS:
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
-    Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

etc/edt-user.doc

@@ -11,17 +11,18 @@ Keywords: emulations
 
 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 3, or (at your option) any later version.
+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 3 of the License, 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.
+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.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ============================================================================
 
@@ -830,10 +831,10 @@ G-C-\: Split Window                     |  FNDNXT  |   Yank   |   CUT    |
 ;; Maintainer: Kevin Gallagher <kgallagh@spd.dsccc.com>
 ;; Keywords: emulations
 
-;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; 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 3, or (at your option)
-;; any later version.
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, 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
@@ -841,9 +842,7 @@ G-C-\: Split Window                     |  FNDNXT  |   Yank   |   CUT    |
 ;; 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.
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