Re: mention printing of warranty information in GUI programs

[Florian Weimer]

* John Darrington:

> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 10:53:02PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
>      > +If your program is interactive, please also print the same information
>      > +as for the @code{--version} option (@pxref{--version}) on program
>      > +startup, and also provide instructions how to get more information
>      > +about the copying conditions and warranty details.
>      
>      The GPL does not allow removing such a message once the program has
>      it.  So this must be used with caution because it can turn into an
>      excessive burden, depending how the program is used in the future.
>
> This is not a concern.  The copyright holder (that's us)

Do you mean the FSF?

> always has permission to remove it.  If and when we deem that it is
> better not to have it, then we can remove it without further
> consideration.

The GNU standards apply to software which does not have a clear
copyright structure.  It's not always clear who the relevant copyright
owners are, and which of them should have a say in such changes.