Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 22:47:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007072245150.24824-100000@gateway.posi.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007072217210.71063-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Chuck Robey wrote:
>
> <Personal rant>
> On top of that, and this is a purely personal feeling, I think needing a
> banner to print out every time your software starts up, well, that's a bit
> much too. Sources, yes. Requiring your copyright to be in some very
> available file, that's fine too. God, things would look pretty stupid if
> all of our utilities decided they needed to print a banner (even if it's a
> one or two liner).
>
> Why shouldn't the writer of "echo" get a banner too?
> </Personal rant>
>
Completely off-topic, but I couldn't agree with you more. I think the same
thing each and every time I have to watch a linux box boot. Wait, come to
think of it, *we* brint a banner on boot...
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