diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 6490cdb00..6615c97c4 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 <!ENTITY version "SVN-20081028">
 <!ENTITY releasedate "October 28, 2008">
-<!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999&ndash;2008">
+<!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2008"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndsah; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "7.0">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->