Bug#690495: Prohibit click-through licenses or disclaimers
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:08:18AM +0200, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> On Sunday 14 October 2012 23:50:21 Josh Triplett wrote:
> > =====
> > Software in Debian should not prompt users to explicitly agree to
> > licenses, disclaimers, or terms of service in order to run that
> > software. This includes prompts to agree to Free Sofware licenses
> > (since such licenses do not require user agreement), warranty or
> > liability disclaimers, notices about possible legal issues, or
> > exhortations to use the software in any particular way. Software
> > designed to interact with a third-party service may pass through the
> > terms of service for that third-party service if required by that
> > service.
> > =====
>
> What's next? prohibiting 'tip of the day' kind of dialogs? First run wizards?
> Or warnings that this is a dangerous/experimental/developer/debugging tool
> that might eat your dog if you aren't careful?
I don't intend this as a slippery slope; I very specifically want to
cover the types of annoyances mentioned in the above paragraph, which
almost no software in Debian actually includes. See the transmission
bug I linked to in the original bug submission.
If you installed something from Debian main, I think you'd find it
rather upsetting to run that software and get a prompt saying "By
running this software, you agree that ..." with an "I Agree" button.
This suggested policy change tries to cover cases like that; nothing
more.
- Josh Triplett
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