On 18 Oct 2002 at 15:24, Michael Nordstr�m wrote: > > User has to select the 'I accept' radio button on the license screen, > > if they want to continue with rest of install. If don't like the GPL, > > then they can choose not to install. > > One problem with that "license agreement" is that you don't have to > accept GPL to *use* the program. The license only applies when you > want to distribute the program (or a modified version.)
This is valid. Though in reality, as you say the most relevant part says that if you modify and distribute this software, you have to release the source. If they are just planning to use, then that the clause doesn't apply, the answer is then "Yes", they accept the agreement, and the program continues. It might be a bit of wading through a lot of clauses to find that out though ;-) I am a bit leery of making "short form summary" of the GPL though, since it is long so that it has adequate protection when people try to break it. > I still think it is a good idea to display the license to the user, > but I have my doubts about the accept/decline options ;-) The installer framework has two slots available: One is a license agreement slot with accept/decline radiobuttons, the other is just a non-interactive regular message. GPL can be moved over from one to the other if needed, though it would be nice to keep the message slot open for a changelog type of description of what is new. There is also a copy of the license as part of the online help. Best wishes, Robert _______________________________________________ plucker-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-dev
