man-pages.7: Describe COPYRIGHT section

man-pages doesn't use COPYRIGHT sections in manual pages, but
various projects do. Make some recommendations about placement
of the section.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index ff134aea08450427238fe876e9b75970a60b5391..d375183209d6f57ab787f87bda8c83a1421c34cf 100644 (file)
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ BUGS
 EXAMPLE
 .\" AUTHORS sections are discouraged
 AUTHORS             [Discouraged]
+COPYRIGHT           [Not used in man-pages]
 \fBSEE ALSO\fP
 .fi
 .in
@@ -452,6 +453,14 @@ add a copyright notice as a comment in the source file.
 If you are the author of a device driver and want to include
 an address for reporting bugs, place this under the BUGS section.
 .TP
+.B COPYRIGHT
+The
+.IR man-pages
+project doesn't use a COPYRIGHT section in manual pages.
+Copyright information is instead maintained in the page source.
+In pages where this section is present,
+it is recommended to place it near the foot of the page, just above SEE ALSO.
+.TP
 .B SEE ALSO
 A comma-separated list of related man pages, possibly followed by
 other related pages or documents.