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4.3.5 No embedded URLs
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   It is good to not embed URLs in translatable strings, for several
reasons:
   • It avoids possible mistakes during copy and paste.
   • Translators cannot translate the URLs or, by mistake, use the URLs
     from other packages that are present in their compendium.
   • When the URLs change, translators don't need to revisit the
     translation of the string.

   The same holds for email addresses.

   So, you would change

     fputs (_("GNU GPL version 3 \n"),
            stream);

to

     fprintf (stream, _("GNU GPL version 3 <%s>\n"),
              "https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html");