/etc/login.conf: /etc/COPYRIGHT vs. /COPYRIGHT

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 12:29:04AM +0900, Rob wrote:
> In /etc/login.conf, there is a line:
> 
>         :copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
> 
> but I do not have this file. However I have:
> 
> 	/COPYRIGHT
> 
> Is this a mistake in login.conf, or is my "COPYRIGHT" in
> the wrong place?
> 
This has come up before, and is in login.conf,v history:

: revision 1.40
: date: 2000/12/19 14:12:46;  author: rwatson;  state: Exp;  lines: +3 -3
: o Back out 1.39, it was a bad idea.  There was, and should be, a
:   distinction between the OS copyright message and the message displayed
:   gratuitously to each user at login.  Because, well, they may be
:   different, among other things, and boy can a copyright message each
:   login consume some screen space.  If people really want to do this,
:   they can copy /COPYRIGHT to /etc/COPYRIGHT.
: 
: Submitted by:   Anders Andersson <anders at codefactory.se>
: ----------------------------
: revision 1.39
: date: 2000/12/17 18:55:14;  author: rwatson;  state: Exp;  lines: +3 -3
: o /etc/COPYRIGHT -> /COPYRIGHT, since that's where it's installed.
: 
: Submitted by:   Anders Andersson <anders at sanyusan.se>


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
FreeBSD committer
ru at FreeBSD.org
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