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From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: setup.exe copyright?
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 02:17:56 -0600
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> > [snip]
> >
> > > I don't think that every net contributor can (or should) be
> represented
> > > on the binary splash screen.
> >
> > Well now, we do have that big white box just itching to have some
> scrolling code
> > added to it ;-).
>
> Erk. Now you've done it - we'll have a long discussion and this will
> become our fate. ~5 names scrolling up th splash screen of the Cygwin
> Net Installer :].
>

Well, probably up and to the left, seeing as it's so narrow.  And remember that
we *do* have the choice of any background color as long as it's white, grey, or
black.  ;-)

> Seriously though, I think the main point of the (c) message there is to
> give folk an idea about where to go to find out more.
>

Speaking of which (seriously), at some point I'll probably make that URL on
there clickable unless somebody wants to beat me to it (or it ends up being a
collossal PITA for some reason).

The one and only concern I have is the same one you and Chris do - if it isn't
100% copyright Red Hat, should it be saying that it is?  I think something along
the lines of your "Portions (c)..."  or something is the right idea.  I don't
know; how do other GPLed projects which drink from many wells handle this?

> Do you *want* your name on that screen? I don't want mine visible
> anywhere in the binary.
>

Only if there is some way it could result in me receiving even more spam about
multi-level marketing that WORKS, natural herbal Viagra substitutes, the secret
to buying distressed property from motivated sellers with little or no money
down, and loads of other crap which would land somebody in jail if sent through
the US Postal Service.  Otherwise I suppose there isn't much point. ;-)

However, I have an even better idea, and this kills two birds with one
proverbial stone: fade pictures of our ugly mugs in there, one after the other
(or maybe morph them).  Art meets ego meets spamproofness until that
face-recognition technology they used at the superbowl becomes available to
spammers in the next year or so.

;-)

--
Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer.  Patriot.