--- a/scripts/polynomial/poly.m
+++ b/scripts/polynomial/poly.m
@@ -1,33 +1,34 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
-# 
-# This file is part of Octave.
-# 
-# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
-# later version.
-# 
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-# for more details.
-# 
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
-# Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+### Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+###
+### This file is part of Octave.
+###
+### Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+### under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+### the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+### any later version.
+###
+### Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+### WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+### MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+### General Public License for more details.
+###
+### You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+### along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+### Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+### 02111-1307, USA.
 
 function y = poly (x)
 
-# usage: poly (x)
-#
-# If A is a square n-by-n matrix, poly (A) is the row vector of 
-# the coefficients of det (z * eye(n) - A), the characteristic
-# polynomial of A.
-#
-# If x is a vector, poly (x) is a vector of coefficients of the
-# polynomial whose roots are the elements of x.
+  ## usage: poly (x)
+  ##
+  ## If A is a square n-by-n matrix, poly (A) is the row vector of 
+  ## the coefficients of det (z * eye(n) - A), the characteristic
+  ## polynomial of A.
+  ##
+  ## If x is a vector, poly (x) is a vector of coefficients of the
+  ## polynomial whose roots are the elements of x.
 
-# Written by KH (Kurt.Hornik@neuro.tuwien.ac.at) Dec 24, 1993.
+  ## Written by KH (Kurt.Hornik@neuro.tuwien.ac.at) Dec 24, 1993.
 
   if (nargin != 1)
     usage ("poly (x)");