On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 03:52:50PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices > > stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. > > > > I don't think revision control logs can possibly satify it; it specifically > > says that the modified files must carry it, not external logs. > > No it doesn't. And the GPL FAQ says it doesn't, too.
"cause the modified files to carry prominent notices"; it doesn't say "the modified files or loosely associated metadata". > "Copyright FSF, Inc; available under the GPL with no warranty, 'show > license' for details", only when stdout is a tty, and a configuration > option that will eliminate it completely. Is that really so bad? I've explained why I don't like this; if it's unnecessary, then I don't want it displayed by default in programs I distribute. 04:58am [EMAIL PROTECTED]/2 [~] lftp lftp :~> -- Glenn Maynard