cmd/geth: added copyright and license information

As per GNU GPL requirement I've added the copyright and the license
information as a subcommand as well as a copyright notice when
displaying the help command.
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Jeffrey Wilcke 2016-08-21 23:51:42 +02:00
parent 475521dd74
commit 5fff491bbd
2 changed files with 25 additions and 0 deletions

@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ This is a destructive action and changes the network in which you will be
participating. participating.
`, `,
}, },
{
Action: license,
Name: "license",
Usage: "displays geth's license information",
},
} }
app.Flags = []cli.Flag{ app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
@ -408,3 +413,21 @@ func version(c *cli.Context) error {
return nil return nil
} }
func license(c *cli.Context) error {
fmt.Println(`Geth is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
Geth is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with geth. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
`)
return nil
}

@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import (
var AppHelpTemplate = `NAME: var AppHelpTemplate = `NAME:
{{.App.Name}} - {{.App.Usage}} {{.App.Name}} - {{.App.Usage}}
Copyright 2013-2016 The go-ethereum Authors
USAGE: USAGE:
{{.App.HelpName}} [options]{{if .App.Commands}} command [command options]{{end}} {{if .App.ArgsUsage}}{{.App.ArgsUsage}}{{else}}[arguments...]{{end}} {{.App.HelpName}} [options]{{if .App.Commands}} command [command options]{{end}} {{if .App.ArgsUsage}}{{.App.ArgsUsage}}{{else}}[arguments...]{{end}}
{{if .App.Version}} {{if .App.Version}}