Re: [ELPA] New package: splash-screen

[Thibaut Verron]

Le dim. 27 sept. 2020 à 04:46, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> a écrit :
>   > Open any other (non-GNU) program, free or non-free, and nobody will be
>   > shouting at you ABOUT THERE BEING NO WARRANTY.
>
> Displaying text on the screen is not shouting.  I see you have strong
> feelings about those words on the screen, but I don't see any real
> problem in them.  No real reason to remove them.

Displaying text in all capitals is commonly understood as shouting.
According to Wikipedia, this association dates at least back to 1856.

I understand that it is the only option on pure text tty's, but a lot
of terminals nowadays have other options for emphasis, for example
bold font or color. Is there a law or judicial precedent stipulating
that such a text has to be in all capitals to be binding?

Do you maybe remember when was the last time the FSF's counsel
reiterated that advice?

I'm particularly perplexed at the example of Gnome, which, as far as I
can remember, never shot any such message to my face.