Re: How to put a license (question) in preinst/debconf

[Bart Martens <bartm@knars.be>]

On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 07:56 +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> On 3/17/07, Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net> wrote:
> > What would you choose and why?
> 
> You could also write a wrapper script around the binary so that the
> user can see the license when they first run the program. This gets
> around the dpkg and debconf issues.

Installing the software this way might imply having accepted the license
already, depending on what's in the license text.

But, it's a good idea! Next time I package non-free software, I'll
verify the license whether the license allows this kind of packaging.

Regards,

Bart Martens