powered by wordpress–can i remove it?

You most certainly can ??

And how do you remove it..what php file/s needs to be edited?

??

modify your themes files…that’s the place u need to see.

Odds are it’s in the footer.php file of the theme you are using.

-tg

I was just wondering if i can remove the text ‘powered by wordpress’ from my site. in the license text that comes with the installation files nowhere it is mentioned that i need to retain that text.

Of course you can, the question is : is it fair ?

doesn’t that violate the GNU liscense?

Doesn’t [removing the “powered by wordpress” line] violate the GNU liscense?

No, it doesn’t. I’m not sure why, but it has been discussed before.