On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 02:57:52PM -0500, Simon Law wrote: > On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 05:04:11PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > I also don't see a problem with the About Box interpretation of > > > (2)(c), which avoids the 4-clause BSD problem. > > > > Maybe you don't, but I don't see it as being easily construed from the > > language of (2)(c); it looks to me like (2)(c) is designed to ensure the > > unconditional presentation of the information described to a passive > > user, whereas "about boxes" tend to require the user to take positive > > action to reveal them (click on the menu bar, select an item from a > > drop-down menu, etc.). > > (2)(c) is much more akin to the "splash screen" of the GUI > world, which blocks out a meaningful chunk of your screen because it > wants the user to know that the program is actually loading up. Yes, which is part of why I don't like splash screens, either. It's fine to mandate that the copyright information and warranty disclaimer be *available* to the user. Like I said, there's a big middle ground between obfuscating or concealing such things and ramming them down people's throats. Unfortunately, people often have emotional attachments to false alternatives. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Cogitationis poenam nemo meretur. branden@debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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