🚀 go-pugleaf

   Date: 2 Jan 92 19:19:52 EST
   From: dej@qpoint.amiga.ocunix.on.ca (David Jones)

   What is the appropriate method for posting the FSF Copyleft notice
   in a shared library that does not output to "standard output"?

   Is embedding the notice in the object code sufficient or should I
   provide a function that does something with it (such as return the
   string to a caller who can then print it out).


From the GPL (V1):
    c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when
    run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use
    in the simplest and most usual way, to print or display an
    announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice
    that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a
    warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these
    conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this General
    Public License.

I would think that since your code doesn't run interactively, that you
wouldn't have to do this.  However it would be a nice touch to provide a
static string or entry point that returns one, so that a caller could
produce such a message.