From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jul 9 11:47:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B600A37B56E; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 11:47:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA76877; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 14:46:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 14:46:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami Cc: papowell@astart.com, andrews@technologist.com, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, drosih@rpi.edu, imp@village.org, nik@FreeBSD.ORG, sheldonh@uunet.co.za, will@almanac.yi.org Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 9 Jul 2000, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > * From: papowell@astart.com > > * As I not in my posting, I am not adverse, and quite willing to put it > * under BSD license, but I would like to be able to have the actual executable > * 'identify its lineage' in some way, so that it is identifiable as the > * 'True Code', modified by somebody, or 'modified by corporation X'. > * > * This is perfectly reasonable and common. > > I agree. > > * > > * > 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 > > * h9: {455} % lpr -V > * LPRng-3.6.20, Copyright 1988-2000 Patrick Powell, > * > * > * I am a little bit baffled on this. What are you talking about? > > I think Chuck just got confused. :) He probably thought you wanted > lpr and lpd and whatnot to print the copyright message every time it > starts up. (Which is, of course, a bit too much.) Yeah, I was wrong, I thought it went off on every startup, not on the -V startup. I spent so much time getting my printer setup right (the last time, 3 months ago, when I bought a new printer) that I wouldn't change print setups now unless put under extreme duress. I didn't test the thing, else I would have seen it didn't print the banner every time. I should have reread it. > > I certainly see nothing weird or unreasonable about having the > commands print copyright information when the user asks explicitly, > and your request that the string include information about > modifications made by people other than yourself so you won't be > accused of breakages caused by fumblefinger.com. > > Satoshi > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message