Bug#690495: Prohibit click-through licenses or disclaimers

2012-10-14 Thread Bart Martens
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 02:50:21PM -0700, 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

Bug#690495: Bug#689095: [debian-policy] Prohibit click-through licenses or disclaimers

2012-10-14 Thread Josh Triplett
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 01:08:01AM +0200, Leo 'costela' Antunes wrote: > Josh, next time please keep me CC on such emails to avoid uncoordinated > work. I hadn't seen this and also wrote -legal for insight (and CCd > you), which might be a bit redundant. Sorry about that; I did indeed intend to CC

Bug#690495: Bug#689095: [debian-policy] Prohibit click-through licenses or disclaimers

2012-10-14 Thread Leo 'costela' Antunes
Hey, Josh, next time please keep me CC on such emails to avoid uncoordinated work. I hadn't seen this and also wrote -legal for insight (and CCd you), which might be a bit redundant. On 15/10/12 00:23, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > I think we can justify this under the grounds that if a large portion

Bug#690495: [debian-policy] Prohibit click-through licenses or disclaimers

2012-10-14 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Josh, Josh Triplett wrote: > Inspired by bug 689095, I'd like to suggest something like the following > as an addition to Debian Policy: > > = > Software in Debian should not prompt users to explicitly agree to > licenses, disclaimers, or terms of service in order to run that > software.

Bug#690495: Prohibit click-through licenses or disclaimers

2012-10-14 Thread Josh Triplett
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist Inspired by bug 689095, I'd like to suggest something like the following as an addition to Debian Policy: = Software in Debian should not prompt users to explicitly agree to licenses, disclaimers, or terms of service in order to run that software. Th