tags 615949 upstream, wontfix
merge 615949 615947
thanks

I'm merging these two bugs because they appear similar to me.

Roman Mamedov <r...@romanrm.ru> writes:

> Package: idn
> Version: 1.15-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> --
> $ idn тест.рф
> libidn 1.15
> Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Simon Josefsson.
> GNU Libidn comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> You may redistribute copies of GNU Libidn under the terms of
> the GNU Lesser General Public License.  For more information
> about these matters, see the file named COPYING.LIB.
> xn--e1aybc.xn--p1ai
> --
>
> This output is way too verbose and makes it difficult to quickly locate the
> result itself from a glance. Also no other similar utility (whois/host/dig)
> print licensing notices when ran in default mode of operation, common practice
> is to simply print the result of operation, making the output as concise as
> possible.

Try the --quiet parameter.  It is used by several interactive GNU tools
including gdb and bc to inhibit initial copyright and license message.

> I do not believe the GPLv3 license of Libidn really requires you to print this
> notice, because per section 5d:

I agree -- but it is not added because the license requires it.

/Simon



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