This is no FSF package, so tell that to automake so we can get rid
of the empty NEWS file.

--- Makefile.am
+++ Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
+#Tell automake that this is not a FSF package
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=foreign
+
 # Subdirectories to scan
 SUBDIRS = build intl po src tests