On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 07:47:56PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > 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.)
One of the annoying parts of the GPL, too. I've considered adding support for a "SUPPRESS_GPL_BLURB" environment variable to programs, so I don't have to manually disable this in a different way for each program. Not that I'm likely to actually get around to doing this, but any opinions on whether this satisfies this clause? It seems to--the most ordinary way of running the program is without the variable, since it's only there if someone adds it, just like my "gdb -q" alias is only there because I added it. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
