Yep - as people have already said.. under the GPL you can do whatever the heck you want to the source!
People have been removing registered version detection since xmas '99 when the Quake source first came out. Dans got nothing to worry about.
Oh, that and always take JohnCs word as law... I've never heard of anyone at id contradicting him over matters like this :)
- Ender
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