>
> > We need to preserve that line, and the copyright and license, due to
> > legal concerns.
>
> Why?  I can't think of a single other program which displays such things
> in its startup/splash screen.
>

Agree.

"Legal people" don't seem to have problems hiding things in hard-to-find
places ("make sure to read the small print", etc), so shouldn't the fact
that this information is already there under the Help menu be enough to
make them happy/have Emacs or GNU stay out of trouble? Or can we have it in
a smaller font (I know, it will not help in the terminal). Or shorten it
("Warranty") and make it clickable.