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Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Mounir Lamouri <volkmar@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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>>> Most licenses aren't for usage, but for distribution -- surely you mean EULAs? |
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>> License and EULA is the same for most users and it's exactly the same |
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>> for ebuilds/portage. |
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> EULA is an End-User license agreement, and is to be agreed upon by the |
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> *user*. Not the person installing the program. This means they're (or |
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> should be) prompted at first start-up, not at install. If they're |
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> prompted at install, it's broken. |
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>> I don't get your point. check_license() is used to print the license |
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>> (it's probably only used for EULA's actually) and wait for user approval |
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>> before resume the merge process. The printed license is the license from |
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>> LICENSE var. |
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> Since they're prompted at install, *that* behaviour needs to be |
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> changed, not worked around. It should be prompted for every user, |
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> probably by using a config file in ~/.config/eulas + a wrapper which |
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> checks for the EULA having been accepted. |
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I don't think EULA's have to be accepted by users when launching the |
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program but when installing it. It's the way it's done in most cases in |
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Windows and it has to be done because some EULA's add limitation on |
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numbers of installations (mostly games). |
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I admit "End User" should be the real user but you can't install a |
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program if you do not agree to EULA in most cases. That's funny but some |
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FOSS on Windows also prompt GPL to make sure the user accept it before |
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installing. |
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