Package: (base) The default /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net files contain the copyright notice. The /etc/motd file contains another copyright notice. I know copyrights are very important, but I think only one (/etc/motd) should be enough for most users :-).
It would be more useful to put the OS/hostname/tty in /etc/issue* and put the copyright notices only in /etc/motd. This is what other Unices seem to do, as set up by default. Below is an example of how /etc/issue.net might look like (/etc/issue is similar but uses different escape characters). Note that the name Debian GNU/Linux (or Linux-based GNU system) isn't fair - a lot of code is from MIT (X11) and BSD (most networking programs) and they deserve some credit, too (or simply call it Debian Linux, everyone will know it is really GNU/MIT/BSD/Linux anyway). ========== Debian GNU/MIT/BSD/Linux 2.0R9 (%h) (%t) ========== Sorry for being picky about such details, after all everyone can put whatever they like in their /etc/issue* and /etc/motd... One real problem that would be nice to fix while we are at it: change the getty /etc/issue escape characters to match those used in /etc/issue.net, and change telnetd to display /etc/issue if /etc/issue.net is not present. Currently /etc/issue.net is a link to /etc/issue, but they are not really compatible because of different escape characters. Happy New Year to everyone! Marek