Re: Nano License

OK, Thank you kindly. Nano is a great tool. I have used heavy IDEs (VS, CLion,..) and on Linux with a good command terminal and shell and nano, I am more productive and spend much less time understanding and configuring my tools. Great editor.

(I accidentally used "support" email address in original email, sorry about that).

Greg McPherran


> On 01/08/2025 11:07 AM EST Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>  
> > my understanding of the license
> 
> Which license exactly?  What text are you looking at?  Presumably
> the GPL version three: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html?
> 
> > is that copying and modifying nanorc files (e.g. from /usr/share/nano) that
> > are used locally and not distributed to others, is considered an unrestricted
> > form of propagation.
> 
> Correct: for your local and personal use, you are free to use and
> modify nano in any way you like.  To summarize your basic rights:
> 
>    https://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html#the-foundations-of-the-gpl
> 
> > The license also speaks of documenting modifications but again I think that
> > this does not  apply to locally used copies that are used only by me. Can
> > confirm?
> 
> Correct: for your personal use, you can do whatever you like.  But
> if you somehow share your changes with others (multiple users of a
> single system maybe), then it's good to document what you changed,
> for the benefit of those other users, so that they don't think they
> are using an unmodified nano.
> 
> 
> Benno