Re: Require "this program is free software .... " notice to be preserved on the splash screen

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 11.02.2021 08:04, James Lu wrote:
> "You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you 
> receive it, in any medium, **provided that you conspicuously and 
> appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice**; 
> keep intact all notices stating that this License and any non-permissive 
> term"

Spacemacs and similar "distributions" actually don't redistribute Emacs 
itself. They're just collections of extensions together with 
instructions for installing them.

So I don't think this condition can apply, legally speaking.

(IANAL, though.)