From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: James Lu <jamtlu@gmail.com>
Cc: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Require "this program is free software .... " notice to be preserved on the splash screen
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:48:05 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YCeuZThlIVeusvk4@protected.rcdrun.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANQHGB1NJG8qGt04nor3__K16=+u=_zqJJ=yjQCDFz9+OoMJew@mail.gmail.com>
* James Lu <jamtlu@gmail.com> [2021-02-13 08:13]:
> 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"
That is right. Is the bug reported to Spacemacs? What is the reaction?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-13 10:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-11 6:04 Require "this program is free software .... " notice to be preserved on the splash screen James Lu
2021-02-13 8:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-13 10:48 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-02-13 12:04 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-13 21:49 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2021-02-16 5:19 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-16 5:33 ` James Lu
2021-02-16 17:38 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2021-02-16 7:43 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2021-02-14 6:38 ` Richard Stallman
2021-03-24 7:01 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-25 23:35 ` Richard Stallman
2021-03-26 2:32 ` James Lu
2021-03-26 6:33 ` Pankaj Jangid
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