/etc/motd template

Scott Ritchie scott at open-vote.org
Thu Nov 27 02:08:12 GMT 2008


Kees Cook wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 09:49:08AM -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
>> I'm curious if the "free software" and "no warranty" paragraphs are
>> still necessary/useful?  Do they belong in the MOTD, printed *every*
>> time a user logs onto a system on the command line?
> 
> I think it's critical that it continues to say "free software" -- this
> is a defining characteristic of a Linux-based system, and should remain
> some where obvious on every "use" of the system.  I have no opinion
> about the warranty bit, though.
> 

We can tell the user that at install time, no need to do that every
login (or even on first login).

More importantly, after installation, an Ubuntu system may NOT be
entirely Free Software.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie



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