Re: dpkg/license related proposal
In article <19991101221134.B7818@friko3.onet.pl>,
Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@beer.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 03:21:19PM -0500, Amy Fong wrote:
>> In article <19991101210959.A6607@friko3.onet.pl>,
>> Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@beer.com> wrote:
>> >On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 02:48:46PM -0500, Amy Fong wrote:
>> >> A short while ago, I was pondering on all the things that happen
>> >> consequences of people being "whatever (fill in the blanks)" of licensing
>> >> situations and I have a bit of a proposition to make.
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps there chould be a field within Debian packages which specifies what
>> >> license a package is under. Before unpacking a package, dpkg checks to
>> >> see if the relevant license has been read, if not, it presents it to the
>> >> user and the user reads it and either acknowledges/accepts or rejects
>> >> it. This could be done by keeping state info on which license/version
>> >> has been read or (I think this one's better) by having each license as a
>> >> package. Obviously, if the user rejects the license, measures could be
>> >> taken.
>> >
>> >This would be VERY irritating.
>> >Such FEATURE is already part of M$Win98.
>> >If someone want to read a licence he knows where to find it.
>>
>> The motivation behind this is due to certain in-duh-viduals being
>> completely clueless about the GPL and other licensing issues. IMHO, it
>> indicates that there needs to be a method to inform users. It's designed
>> to inform and to protect, not to irritate.
>
>If one installs debian he will be forced to read at least a dozen of licences
>This is very irritating.
>
Ok, you've got a point there... I still think that something should be
done if someone can come up with a workable solution.
Amy
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