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Re: [ELPA] New package: splash-screen


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: splash-screen
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 23:49:42 -0400

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  > - While it technically does say "Free Software" it only does that within
  >   the copyright statement.  So, maybe we should have something like

  >     > |           GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY          |
  >     > |  Look ma!  No license agreement!  This is truly Free Software  |
  >     > |         Copyleft (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.       |

There is no agreement you have to sign, but there IS a license:
GNU GPL version 3 or later.

The splash screen must give this information.

  > - We currently have a "GNU/Linux" hyperlink which it would be good to 
preserve
  >   within the last 2-3 lines.

I agree.

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Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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