Scripsit Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, 01 Dec 2003, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > Huh? 2c essentially applies only when one changes a noninteractive > > program to an interactive one. > Eh, that should teach me to go by my memory of the license. I meant > 2a. Because they are object files, it's pretty nigh impossible for > them to bear prominent notices stating that the files have been > changed and the date of any change. $ cat notice.s .text .string "NB! This file has been changed on November 30, 2003\0" $ as notice.s -o notice.o $ ld -i notice.o /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/net/ipx/ipx.o -o a.out $ strings a.out | head -n1 NB! This file has been changed on November 30, 2003 $ That's pretty prominent, I think. Especially as strings(1) is the canonical way of looking for notices in an object file. -- Henning Makholm "What a hideous colour khaki is."
