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From: mblevin@debian.org (Mitch Blevins)
Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software
Date: 1999/05/02
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Date: 1999-05-02T00:00:00+00:00
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Barry Margolin <barmar@bbnplanet.com> wrote:
> The GPL requires interactive programs to display a copyright notice when
> they start up, ...

Is this really true?
I can swing a dead cat with a blindfold on (on me, not the cat) and hit
at least 50 interactive GPL'd programs that do NOT do this.

Curious,
-Mitch
mblevin@debian.org