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Add custom /etc/legal to mention Pop!_OS instead of Ubuntu #102

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@ids1024 ids1024 commented Oct 6, 2020

I noticed a copyright disclaimer with the MOTD, which mentioned Ubuntu (which seemed inconsistent).

It took me some time to figure out why this appeared that one time. I guess that was the first time I logged into a terminal after clearing ~/.cache. It seems Ubuntu patches pam_motd.so to display /etc/legal on first login, and create ~/.cache/motd.legal-displayed to prevent it from appearing again.

To see the message, just remove ~/.cache/motd.legal-displayed and login to a terminal.

Example:

Welcome to Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-7642-generic x86_64)

 * Homepage: https://pop.system76.com
 * Support:  https://support.system76.com


The programs included with the Pop!_OS system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Pop!_OS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.

Last login: Tue Oct  6 12:37:46 2020 from ::1

If this is approved, I will cherry-pick into master_groovy as well.
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This is both more correct, and more consistent since it's displayed as
part of the MOTD.
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Nice find!
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This is both more correct, and more consistent since it's displayed as
part of the MOTD.
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