Re: [rfa:threads] Report when using libthread_db

[Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com>]

Michael Elizabeth Chastain writes:
 > > Should the "Loading" message come after the (C) notice, or the (C) put 
 > > before the modules are initialized?
 > 
 > I am not a lawyer, but ... the legal requirement is that copyright
 > notices appear in a prominent place.  I don't think it has to be the
 > very first thing printed, it just has to be prominent.  I think the idea
 > is that if someone copies it without your permission, and then they
 > claim "I didn't notice that you copyrighted it!", then you would say
 > "any half-awake person would have seen my copyright notice WHILE THEY
 > WERE COPYING THE REST OF MY WORK!"
 > 
 > If you look at a book, the copyright notice isn't on the cover.
 > But it's close to the front.
 > 
 > There might be a GNU coding standard about it though.
 > 
 > Michael C


I tend not to notice anything printed before the (C), because I
just don't expect anything to be there. I barely notice stuff written
after the copyright notice too, unless it is somehow highlighted,
i.e. surrounded by white lines, or it has '...' at the end, etc.,
basically something that catches my attention. So whatever we do,
let's make sure it's noticeable. 

elena