On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 11:21 -0400, Robert Love wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 14:37 +1200, John Williams wrote: > > > Essentially we propose modifying the GNOME About box to include a toggle > > that indicate the user's permission to activate a program that would > > periodically contact a central GNOME server. Information that would be > > transmitted and recorded has not been decided yet, but the prime > > requirement is to record the number of current GNOME users (not > > installations) on a (say) monthly basis. > > I can see the slashdot article now.. > Really? What does it say?
"GNOME gets off its arse and tries to measure market share in the buildup to 10x10" or "GNOME acts like Evil Empire M$ by embedding secret software the spy on users" ? It is exactly the latter that we want to avoid, by making this toggle button off by default (as explained on the wiki page). _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
