gnustandards standards.texi

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /sources/gnustandards
Module name:    gnustandards
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/02/13 12:59:03

Modified files:
        .              : standards.texi 

Log message:
        (Graphical Interfaces): Standard for About box.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/standards.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.223&r2=1.224

Patches:
Index: standards.texi
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RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/standards.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.223
retrieving revision 1.224
diff -u -b -r1.223 -r1.224
--- standards.texi      1 Jan 2013 23:59:59 -0000       1.223
+++ standards.texi      13 Feb 2013 12:59:03 -0000      1.224
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename standards.info
 @settitle GNU Coding Standards
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
address@hidden lastupdate January 1, 2013
address@hidden lastupdate February 13, 2013
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -901,6 +901,32 @@
 mode).  Once you are doing the work to provide the functionality and
 the graphical interface, these won't be much extra work.
 
+Please include in the About menu or box at least the gnu head and the
+following text:
+
address@hidden
+GNU Package
+This is free software: you're free to change and redistribute it
+under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.
address@hidden example
+
address@hidden
+(If it's the AGPL or LGPL, make the obvious change.)
+Clicking on that text should take you to the following text:
+
address@hidden
+Free/libre software means software that users are
+free to run as they wish, change, and redistribute
+with or without changes.  More information.
+
+We make a program free by releasing it under a
+free software license.  This program's license
+is the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.
address@hidden example
+
+That text should have two links.  @samp{More infomation} should send a
+browser to gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html, and the name of the
+license should pop up a local copy of the license.
 
 @node Command-Line Interfaces
 @section Standards for Command Line Interfaces