[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this >> when it starts in an interactive mode: >> >> Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author >> Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. >> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it >> under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. > >That's not even close to what GPLv2(2c) requires. There's no requirement >for any specific text, just an "appropriate" copyright notice and notice >of lack of warranty. There is still the requirement to implement specific a functionality in the program. As long as the GPLv3 requirement is general enough I believe that it's not different from this requirement in GPLv2.
> And even this is not required if the program as you >recieved it does not print such text, or the program you modified does not >"read commands interactively when run". The GPLv3 does not require to provide access to source either. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]