On 24 Nov 2001 11:29:34 -0500, Warp wrote:
> Ron Parker <ron### [at] povrayorg> wrote:
>: Of course, the Unix version can be redirected to /dev/null and all copyright
>: text gets sent to the bit bucket; I don't know of any way to prevent that
>: sort of abuse and still provide a command-line version of POV.
> 
>   I think this falls into the category "the user is granted the
> privilege to modify and compile the source code for their own personal
> use in any fashion they see fit."

What if someone distributes a script that invokes the official POV in such
a way as to conceal the copyright notice?  I think that's sorta covered under
the clauses about linking, but I wonder whether there's a problem there.

-- 
#macro R(P)z+_(P)_(P)_(P+1)_(P+1)+z#end#macro Q(C,T)bicubic_patch{type 1u_steps
6v_steps 6R(1)R(3)R(5)R(7)pigment{rgb z}}#end#macro _(Y)#local X=asc(substr(C,Y
,1))-65;<T+mod(X,4)div(X,4)9>-2#end#macro O(T)Q("ABEFUQWS",T)Q("WSXTLOJN",T)#
end O(0)O(3)Q("JNKLCGCD",0)light_source{x 1}// ron### [at] povrayorg

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