On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Dr. David Kirkby
david.kir...@onetel.net wrote:
Tom Boothby wrote:
Context is important. The GPL doesn't say that every GPL'd
interactive program must print a banner. It says that if such a
banner is printed by a current GPL'd programs, then *if you
Tom Boothby wrote:
Context is important. The GPL doesn't say that every GPL'd
interactive program must print a banner. It says that if such a
banner is printed by a current GPL'd programs, then *if you distribute
a modified copy*, that copy must also print the banner.
Personally, I would
From reading the GPL, it would appear that Sage should print more information
than it currently does when it starts.
Specifically
1) State the program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY when it starts up in
command line mode
2) Should display the fact the program is GPL if used in a browser,
2) Display a notice on the browser window that the program is GPL,
say it has no warranty etc, then say To see the full terms of the
license, type licence() at the Sage prompt
Isn't this enough?
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Nick Alexander wrote:
2) Display a notice on the browser window that the program is GPL, say
it has no warranty etc, then say To see the full terms of the
license, type licence() at the Sage prompt
Isn't this enough?
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On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:44 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
From reading the GPL, it would appear that Sage should print more
information than it currently does when it starts.
Specifically
1) State the program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY when it
starts up in command line mode
2) Should
What's the right way to post a change to SAGE_ROOT/COPYING.txt (which
is what is displayed when you run license(), as I just discovered)?
It mentions mwrank which is obsolete (we now use eclib which is
strictly larger), and the web address it gives for that is 2.5 years
out of date.
I can
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Robert Bradshaw
rober...@math.washington.edu wrote:
On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:44 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
From reading the GPL, it would appear that Sage should print more
information than it currently does when it starts.
Specifically
1) State the program
Context is important. The GPL doesn't say that every GPL'd
interactive program must print a banner. It says that if such a
banner is printed by a current GPL'd programs, then *if you distribute
a modified copy*, that copy must also print the banner.
The most ordinary manner of running Sage
William Stein wrote:
One of my favorite GPL'd programs is called bash. Let's see what
it does for a banner;
wst...@ubuntu:~/sage/spkg/standard$ bash
wst...@ubuntu:~$ exit
There is no banner.
William
I think that case would be covered by the (Exception: if the Program itself is
Tom Boothby wrote:
Context is important. The GPL doesn't say that every GPL'd
interactive program must print a banner. It says that if such a
banner is printed by a current GPL'd programs, then *if you distribute
a modified copy*, that copy must also print the banner.
I would have thought
On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 at 11:54PM +, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
Personally I find it odd that the notebook has nothing at all to
indicate it is GPL - not even a hint as to a command to display the
license.
I do too. It's trivial to add something to the front page of the
notebook -- something in
Try sending a question to FSF. I'm sure they'd give you
an authoritative answer. Stallman has answered every
question I ever sent him.
Tim Daly
Tom Boothby wrote:
Context is important. The GPL doesn't say that every GPL'd
interactive program must print a banner. It says that if such a
banner
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