On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:07:23AM +0000, Bart Martens wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:39:03AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > and in particular when they can be > > contrary to DFSG 6. (No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor) and > > 7. (Distribution of License): > > > > 7. Distribution of License > > The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the > > program is redistributed without the need for execution of an > > additional license by those parties. > > > > The wording "By running this software, you agree that ..." is very close > > to the execution of an additional license. > > Then you admit that it may have legal effect. :-)
No, I am only stating that they pretend to. > All depends on the shown text. > > For example, the click-through disclaimer quoted by Paul on bug 689095 simply > reflects reality/truth, as Paul explained well. I see no conflict with the > DFSG. It is, in my opinion, perfectly reasonable to not remove this > click-through disclaimer. I'm not saying that Debian should preserve all > click-through messages. I'm just saying that each case should be looked at > separately, without general rule in Debian about click-through messages. Please, I wrote about "click-through agreement" and not "click-through disclaimer". I have gone even as far as proposing to change "click-through agreement" to "click-through disclaimer". A statement starting by "By running this software, you agree that ..." is not a disclaimer. Cheers, Bill. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121019113631.GE22196@yellowpig
