Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Bootscreen | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:15:29 -0500 |
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:32:52 +0100, Stefan Reinauer said:
> Then why not make something better instead of denying it completely. > "It's lame" is not a reason. Seeing the same "Oh, I got my name and > copyright visible in this and that driver" every time I boot a system > is about as lame, and the boot messages are far more a try of a hall of > fame than pure system status in a standardized way.
/usr/src/linux-2.5.59/COPYING:
If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
I'll let the lawyers argue about this one.. ;)
(btw - thanks for bootsplash, looks pretty cool.. ;) [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] |  |