From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,faf964ea4531e6af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,43ae7f61992b3213 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: sholden@pgrad.cs.usyd.edu.au (Sam Holden) Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software Date: 1999/05/02 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 473158797 References: <7fibd5$jc7$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <7g2gqk$ffk$1@52-a-usw.rb1.blv.nwnexus.net> <7g39vc$o8p$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7clV2.95$jw4.11389@burlma1-snr2> X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.usyd.edu.au X-Trace: metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au 925649817 15305 129.78.8.33 (2 May 1999 12:56:57 GMT) Organization: The University of Sydney, Australia Reply-To: sholden@cs.usyd.edu.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 May 1999 12:56:57 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1999-05-02T12:56:57+00:00 List-Id: On 2 May 1999 12:40:52 GMT, Mitch Blevins wrote: >Barry Margolin 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. No, it is suggested as part of the process of applying the terms of the GPL to your software. It is not part of the terms and conditions of the GPL. -- Sam The very fact that it's possible to write messy programs in Perl is also what makes it possible to write programs that are cleaner in Perl than they could ever be in a language that attempts to enforce cleanliness. --Larry Wall