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Re: acceptable restrictions on modification



On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 04:53, Oohara Yuuma wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 19:56:44 -0500,
> Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 02:12:49PM -0500, David Turner wrote:
> > > The GPL forbids removing code from interactive programs which displays
> > > copyright notices.
> > Yes, and in my opinion this is a defect in the license.
> You mean this?
> | If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
> | when it starts in an interactive mode:
> |
> |     Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year  name of author
> |     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
> |     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> |     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
> This is not a part of GPL terms.

I mean section (2)(c).  

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