RE: Copyright Notice Requirement.

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Hmm, on a little more reading, you _may_ be violating the GPL yourselves by placing this restriction, depending on how copyright is assigned.

If all the copyrights are held by (and have been properly assigned to) the same entity, then as the GPL is a copyright license, that entity can't violate it.  If even one line of code is owned by a seperate entity, the section:
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6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License.
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would kick in, and _if_ that admin panel copyright requirement is not done properly, you would be violating the GPL.

Ouch.