On Thursday 27 November 2003 19:50, Luke-Jr wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Just to chip in my 2p to the thread that refuses to die. Why does the > > system administrator have to agree to any license before installing > > software? He is quite a separate person from the user and copyright law, > > and licenses like the GPL, only cover redistribution, not installation, > > so he need not concern himself with those either. Surely if programs have > > user restrictions then it is the responsibility of the program to display > > a clip wrap license for each individual user, otherwise how would they be > > aware one exists? > > Other licenses (which I personally would probably never accept) may cover > installation.
In that case, there should be a (hopefully short) list of those licenses, and only those licenses should be covered by the license-install-accept variable in make.conf. It is not possible, or legal, for the system administrator to accept licenses governing usage or redistribution on behalf of other users. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
