diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index f593430..4323d40 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 ####
 ####  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 ####  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+####
+####  If you don't understand what Free Software is, please read this page:
+####  http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html - it's quite clear.
 ########################################################################
 ####  DEPENDENCIES
 ####  bash >=2.05b(bash), df;readlink;stty;tr;uname;wc(coreutils),
@@ -329,12 +332,13 @@ script_debugger()
 #### print / output cleaners
 #### -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# inxi speaks through here. When run by Konversation, uses DCOP
+# inxi speaks through here. When run by Konversation script alias mode, uses DCOP
 # for dcop to work, must use 'say' operator, AND colors must be evaluated by echo -e
 # note: dcop does not seem able to handle \n so that's being stripped out and replaced with space.
 print_screen_output()
 {
-	local print_data="$( echo -e "$1" )" no_new_line=''
+	# the double quotes are needed to avoid losing whitespace in data when certain output types are used
+	local print_data="$( echo -e "$1" )"
 
 	if [[ $DEBUG -gt 5 ]];then
 		if [[ $KONVI -eq 1 ]];then