Re: [gnugo-devel] Re: GTP issue in GNU Go 3.5.5?

[Arend Bayer]

> 
> > > How about silencing the copyright message for all modes except of
> > > ASCII-playing mode? GNU coding standards suggest it for interactive
> > > programs, which gnugo is only in ascii mode; I also find it pretty 
> > > annoying
> > > in the sgf-decide modes. (And I don't see why we should by default
> > > clobber the xterm in which someone started a GUI to play against gnugo;
> > > I know of no other GNU program which does such a thing.)
> > 
> > Agreed.  I vote for this patch instead of the one I submitted.  This
> > basically completes standardization I started with buggy `help_5_5.1'.
> > Let's hope this patch has no flaws ;)
> 
> At one time, I belive the GNU Coding standards asked for a copyright
> string to appear at startup. I can no longer find such a policy in
> the standards posted at:

I distinctively remember that it was recommended for interactive
programs. But I double-checked

> http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html
and did not find anything either, so it must have changed. So I will
commit my patch.

Arend