Public bug reported: Binary package hint: software-center
I wrote idea to Braintorm: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/contributor/grofaty/ideas/ but I was suggested to file a bug report. If you look into "Ubuntu Software Center" for each program there are two labels License and Price. For open source software there are labels "License: Open-source" and "Price: Free" which is ok. For other software there is just labeled License: Unknown and Price: Free. Unknown label is misleading because it just means there are yet not data about this entry. I suggest to put "License: Proprietary" for all software that is not labeled as Open-source like "IBM Lotus Symphony", "Adobe Reader" etc. just to make distinguish between this two types of software. There are also shareware programs available from repository which is marked as Price: Free, but you should buy license if using more then 30 days. This price=free is also misleading. For software that is free of charge for 30 days period like UtraEdit is beside license unknown there is also label Price: Free, which I suggest to mark as Shareware or "Trial". ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Binary package hint: software-center I wrote idea to Braintorm: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/contributor/grofaty/ideas/ but I was suggested to file a bug report. - If you look into "Ubuntu Software Center" for each program there are two labels License and Price. For open source software there are labels "License: Open-source" and "Price: Free" which is ok. For other software there is just labeled License: Unknown and Price: Free. Unknown label is misleading because it just means there are yet not data about this entry. - There are also shareware programs available from repository which is marked as Price: Free, but you should buy license if using more then 30 days. This price=free is also misleading. + If you look into "Ubuntu Software Center" for each program there are two + labels License and Price. For open source software there are labels + "License: Open-source" and "Price: Free" which is ok. For other software + there is just labeled License: Unknown and Price: Free. Unknown label is + misleading because it just means there are yet not data about this + entry. I suggest to put "License: Proprietary" for all software that is not labeled as Open-source like "IBM Lotus Symphony", "Adobe Reader" etc. just to make distinguish between this two types of software. + + There are also shareware programs available from repository which is + marked as Price: Free, but you should buy license if using more then 30 + days. This price=free is also misleading. + For software that is free of charge for 30 days period like UtraEdit is beside license unknown there is also label Price: Free, which I suggest to mark as Shareware or "Trial". -- Proprietary software license in "Ubuntu Software Center" are decleared as Unknow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498560 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
