Public bug reported: >From legal advice: When the Terms of Use for purchases change slightly, we can rely on its current statement that "We may occasionally change the terms of this agreement by posting an updated version, and all changes will go into effect at the time we post the updated agreement."
But when the terms change substantially, it would be better for USC to prompt you to accept them in the same way that it does before your first purchase. I guess this would require USC and SCA, together, to decide whether the current version of the terms is substantially different from the version you agreed to. For example, USC could send, with each purchase, the version number of the terms you agreed to, or the date you agreed to them. Then SCA could return a flag for whether the terms need to be shown. ** Affects: software-center-agent Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: ca-escalated ** Also affects: software-center-agent Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: From legal advice: When the Terms of Use for purchases change slightly, we can rely on its current statement that "We may occasionally change the terms of this agreement by posting an updated version, and all changes will go into effect at the time we post the updated agreement." - But when the terms change substantially, USC should prompt you to accept - them in the same way that it does before your first purchase. + But when the terms change substantially, it would be better for USC to + prompt you to accept them in the same way that it does before your first + purchase. I guess this would require USC and SCA, together, to decide whether the current version of the terms is substantially different from the version you agreed to. For example, USC could send, with each purchase, the version number of the terms you agreed to, or the date you agreed to them. Then SCA could return a flag for whether the terms need to be shown. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1107802 Title: USC doesn't prompt about major Terms of Use changes Status in Online service used by software center: New Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: From legal advice: When the Terms of Use for purchases change slightly, we can rely on its current statement that "We may occasionally change the terms of this agreement by posting an updated version, and all changes will go into effect at the time we post the updated agreement." But when the terms change substantially, it would be better for USC to prompt you to accept them in the same way that it does before your first purchase. I guess this would require USC and SCA, together, to decide whether the current version of the terms is substantially different from the version you agreed to. For example, USC could send, with each purchase, the version number of the terms you agreed to, or the date you agreed to them. Then SCA could return a flag for whether the terms need to be shown. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/+bug/1107802/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp