On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 02:30:28PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> > > > > If the source code (not build parameters) are changed you are required to > > > > have the message popup with 'This is an UNOFFICIAL version of X. The > > > > official version can be obtained from Y.' - again for ~3 seconds. > > > > This is no different than the interactive execution copyright notice that > > the GPL mandates unless the upstream author opted not to place one. Of > > course, it is more annoying. > > I would argue that there is a difference. The GPL interactive > copyright warning requirement explicitly applies only if the modified > program is interactive - thus it is legal to modify the program > for non-interactive environments. Alright then, would loosening the restriction to having the message displayed at program startup to the user work? I mean even non-interactive programs have a time at which they're loaded and if they don't use X they could just dump the message to stdout. Any packaging of the program would just have to make sure not to redirect this message to /dev/null in a system startup script... ie: if the program is an X program it has to output to X b/c that's where the user will see the message. If it's a daemon/console app, it has to dump to stdout? PS. This is not a popup we're talking about, but a splash screen - no annoying buttons to press. -- Wesley W. Terpstra <terpstra@javien.com> Javien Canada Inc. - Linux Developer
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