On Sun 2002-12-29 at 13:18:20 +0800, Leon Brooks wrote: > On Sunday 29 December 2002 02:10 am, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > >> At least I feel offended by this text: > > > Well, don't you think that by giving out the program for free he is > > entitled to some accompanying words? > > ...and from what you've said, the words are only in the licence,
No, I said the very opposite: they are not part of the copyright (and
they cannot be in the license, because the GPL may not be modified).
> not in the users' face in large animated flourescent lettering or
> anything. So do what you'd do with an objectionable list message:
> counter-argue or ignore it.
I answered to the original mail in order to make the above point clear
(which the original poster was not sure about). Obviously I failed,
because you concentrated on a side-note of mine.
And to prevent any misunderstanding: I did not answer your mail to
counter-argue the latter part, but get the facts straight: the
questionable words are *not* part of the license or the copyright.
Bye,
Benjamin.
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