Re: Require "this program is free software .... " notice to be preserved on the splash screen

[James Lu <jamtlu@gmail.com>]

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I am not sure this is best.

I would prefer "Freedom-respecting software" somewhere on the
home buffer, to attract people to the cause of free software.

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 3:03 AM Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:

> * James Lu <jamtlu@gmail.com> [2021-02-13 00:12]:
> > Some distributions of Emacs, such as Spacemacs, replace Emacs' splash
> > screen with one that heeds no mention to free software. (Spacemacs
> includes
> > a logo of Spacemacs, a bunch of menu items, and a changelog.)
> >
> > In order to avoid another fiasco of the sort of the GNU/Linux
> controversy,
> > where a variant of GNU software was called something else and
> disassociated
> > from free software, I propose we exercise section 7.4 of GPLv3 to require
> > "require preservation of specified reasonable legal notices or author
> > attributions in that material or in the Appropriate Legal Notices
> displayed
> > by works containing it"
>
> Maintainer and author of Spacemacs has understood your proposal and
> have changed all files to include GPL3 as how it is specified in the
> license, included LICENSE file in the distribution and is now changing
> the splash screen to include copying conditions.
>
> See:
> https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/pull/14552
>
>  syl20bnr commented 3 hours ago
>
> Should fix #14444
>
>     Added the LICENSE file.
>     Added GPLv3 terms explicitly to each elisp file
>     Updated the years to 2021
>     Cherry on the cake, added the GPLv3 logo to the README file:
>
> And wishes to add button on the main screen pointing to copying
> conditions.
>
> I wish best for increasing Emacs user number through Spacemacs and We
> hope for creation of more free software and better understanding with
> help of Spacemacs developers!
>
> Jean
>
>

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