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Re: [Lynx-dev] Copyright violation? How?
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Ian Collier |
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Re: [Lynx-dev] Copyright violation? How? |
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Sat, 16 Nov 2019 01:00:14 +0000 |
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 09:55:43PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Mouse dixit:
> >#define UA_COPYRIGHT_WARNING \
> > "WARNING: Misrepresentation of the User-Agent may be a copyright violation!"
> Eh, I've never seen that one... not between 2.8.6 and 2.9 anyway.
> If it existed it must be positively ancient.
Yes, you are right. It appears to me that this text was present in 2.8.2
but was eliminated in 2.8.3dev.13, released October 1999.
* made User-Agent warning more friendly, and more specific. Tell the user what
lynx expects in order to avoid the warning. On the other hand, issue an
equivalent warning when -useragent is used. Change documentation
accordingly.
imc