On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 02:19:06AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > If we absolutely have to have a EULA then something akin to the default > > > MOTD would seem more appropriate, i.e.: > > > > > > The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free > > > software; > > > the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the > > > individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. > > > > > > Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent > > > permitted by applicable law. > > > > Agreed. We don't expect our users to agree to anything in the Social > > Contract. > > I agree that it more direct and accurate to point users at > /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. This said, having a link to our definition of > Free > software would be useful to users who are not familar with Debian. > > How about: > > The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free > software > as defined in <http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines>; the > exact > distribution terms for each program are described in the individual > files > in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. > > Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent > permitted by applicable law. > > I am filing this as a bug in the BTS to track the issue, with severity > 'normal' > because my gut feeling is that it is indeed confusing to display the DFSG as > EULA, while the DFSG does not ask the user to agree to anything. Thanks to > James for the initial clarification by the way.
I've asked the www team to host the proposed text on www.debian.org. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1086579 If they can't/won't do that, we can consider hosting it on cloud.debian.org. noah
