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Re: If Debian decides that the Gnu Free Doc License is not free...



Hans Reiser writes:
 > Oleg Drokin wrote:
 > 
 > >Hello!
 > >
 > >On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 12:25:11PM +0400, Hans Reiser wrote:
 > >
 > >  
 > >
 > >>If someone wants to create a boot program and/or screensaver that picks 
 > >>a random OS component to describe the authors of at boot time, that 
 > >>would be nicest of all.
 > >>    
 > >>
 > >
 > >BTW, I just thought about it again and the screensaver code is here already ;)
 > >There is screensaver that displays random fortunes (executes fortune(6)).
 > >Create fortune's database consisting of credits information and you are done.
 > >Also lots of systems execute fortune at login time.
 > >Insert credits database in the list of default databases (or run fortune -a)
 > >and you will get credits info for random stuff from time to time ;)
 > >Now we need to convice all the distromakers and create a way in
 > >which programs being installed add their credits to the common database.
 > >
 > >Bye,
 > >    Oleg
 > >
 > >
 > >  
 > >
 > Would debian be willing to do this as the default screensaver?  I think 
 > it would be great if it did.....
 > 

You also may want to take a look at
/usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor, man 1 phosphor.

 > -- 
 > Hans
 > 
 > 

Nikita.



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