[Bugs] #1980 UNSP: About Computer has text that does not wrap

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#1980: About Computer has text that does not wrap
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    Reporter:  timclicks                  |          Owner:  tomeu                      
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  Git as of bugdate          
    Severity:  Trivial                    |       Keywords:  r!                         
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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Comment(by timclicks):

 Replying to [comment:2 walter]:
 > Actually, I think it should be:
 >
 > © 2006-2010 One Laptop per Child Association, Red Hat, Inc., Collabora
 Ltd., Sugar Labs, and contributors

 This string should now be what the patch proposes.

 >
 > Not sure there is a real issue here re punctuation. Red Hat seems to
 prefer a . after Inc. and
 > Collabora uses a . after Ltd.
 >
 > I think it is appropriate to include Sugar Labs.
 >
 > And we should flip the calendar to 2010.
 >
 > Most style guides I am aware of allow either , or ; for serial lists,
 where ; is used for phrases. But either way is OK.

 Have gone with commas, as it's a list of names. Have also included the
 trailing full stops.

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