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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:06:49
Message-Id: jnen36$gv9$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement by Rich Freeman
1 On 27/04/12 20:38, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Amadeusz Żołnowski<aidecoe@g.o> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> And this is probably the case when user has to accept a license on the
5 >> website. This is URL for zip archive of yEd-3.9.1:
6 >>
7 >> http://www.yworks.com/en/products_download.php?file=yEd-3.9.1.zip
8 >>
9 >> It directs to website with license text, check-box for accept and
10 >> download button. If check-box is not set, following message is shown:
11 >>
12 >> "In order to download yEd, it is necessary that you first accept the
13 >> license terms."
14 >>
15 >> If check-box is set, client is redirected to the page with actual link to
16 >> zip archive.
17 >
18 > It turns out the vendor is lying - you can download it fine without
19 > accepting the license from:
20 > http://www.yworks.com/products/yed/demo/yEd-3.9.1.zip
21 >
22 > No doubt the vendor WANTS users to accept the license first, but it is
23 > not "necessary" from a technical standpoint.
24
25 Didn't the user already accept the license by putting it in
26 ACCEPT_LICENSE? If not, portage will not download it.

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