+ n_authors = 0;
+ while (va_arg (tmp_authors, const char *) != NULL)
+ ++n_authors;
+ }
+
+ if (command_name)
+ fprintf (stream, "%s (%s) %s\n", command_name, package, version);
+ else
+ fprintf (stream, "%s %s\n", package, version);
+
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Translate "(C)" to the copyright symbol
+ (C-in-a-circle), if this symbol is available in the user's
+ locale. Otherwise, do not translate "(C)"; leave it as-is. */
+ fprintf (stream, version_etc_copyright, _("(C)"), COPYRIGHT_YEAR);
+
+ fputs (_("\
+\n\
+License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\n\
+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n\
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n\
+\n\
+"),
+ stream);
+
+ switch (n_authors)
+ {
+ case 0:
+ /* The caller must provide at least one author name. */
+ abort ();
+ case 1:
+ /* TRANSLATORS: %s denotes an author name. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("Written by %s.\n"), authors);
+ break;
+ case 2:
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Each %s denotes an author name. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("Written by %s and %s.\n"), authors);
+ break;
+ case 3:
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Each %s denotes an author name. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("Written by %s, %s, and %s.\n"), authors);
+ break;
+ case 4:
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Each %s denotes an author name.
+ You can use line breaks, estimating that each author name occupies
+ ca. 16 screen columns and that a screen line has ca. 80 columns. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("Written by %s, %s, %s,\nand %s.\n"), authors);
+ break;
+ case 5:
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Each %s denotes an author name.
+ You can use line breaks, estimating that each author name occupies
+ ca. 16 screen columns and that a screen line has ca. 80 columns. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("Written by %s, %s, %s,\n%s, and %s.\n"), authors);
+ break;
+ case 6:
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Each %s denotes an author name.
+ You can use line breaks, estimating that each author name occupies
+ ca. 16 screen columns and that a screen line has ca. 80 columns. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("Written by %s, %s, %s,\n%s, %s, and %s.\n"),
+ authors);
+ break;
+ case 7:
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Each %s denotes an author name.
+ You can use line breaks, estimating that each author name occupies
+ ca. 16 screen columns and that a screen line has ca. 80 columns. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("Written by %s, %s, %s,\n%s, %s, %s, and %s.\n"),
+ authors);
+ break;
+ case 8:
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Each %s denotes an author name.
+ You can use line breaks, estimating that each author name occupies
+ ca. 16 screen columns and that a screen line has ca. 80 columns. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("\
+Written by %s, %s, %s,\n%s, %s, %s, %s,\nand %s.\n"),
+ authors);
+ break;
+ case 9:
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Each %s denotes an author name.
+ You can use line breaks, estimating that each author name occupies
+ ca. 16 screen columns and that a screen line has ca. 80 columns. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("\
+Written by %s, %s, %s,\n%s, %s, %s, %s,\n%s, and %s.\n"),
+ authors);
+ break;
+ default:
+ /* 10 or more authors. Use an abbreviation, since the human reader
+ will probably not want to read the entire list anyway. */
+ /* TRANSLATORS: Each %s denotes an author name.
+ You can use line breaks, estimating that each author name occupies
+ ca. 16 screen columns and that a screen line has ca. 80 columns. */
+ vfprintf (stream, _("\
+Written by %s, %s, %s,\n%s, %s, %s, %s,\n%s, %s, and others.\n"),
+ authors);
+ break;
+ }
+ va_end (authors);
+}