1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/maint.mk b/maint.mk
index 72b986c3f..f1c1e8ae2 100644
--- a/maint.mk
+++ b/maint.mk
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ sc_const_long_option:
 
 NEWS_hash = \
   $$(sed -n '/^\*.* $(PREV_VERSION_REGEXP) ([0-9-]*)/,$$p' \
-     $(srcdir)/NEWS | md5sum -)
+     $(srcdir)/NEWS | grep -v '^Copyright .*Free Software' | md5sum -)
 
 # Ensure that we don't accidentally insert an entry into an old NEWS block.
 sc_immutable_NEWS: