Re: endorsements disclaimer as part of the warranty statement

[Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>]

Jeff Licquia <licquia@debian.org> writes:

> If evil.c is under the GPL, then it can be modified for any purpose
> (including disabling its functionality).

For most purposes, yes, but not for *any* purpose.  See section
2(c) of the GPL for details:

    c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
    when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
    interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
    announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a
    notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
    a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under
    these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this
    License.  (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
    does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
    the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
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