From: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding AdobeFlash-10{,.1} licenses to EULA group
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:06:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201006180006.53669.polynomial-c@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C18C761.5080909@gentoo.org>
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Am Mittwoch 16 Juni 2010, 14:45:21 schrieb Angelo Arrifano:
> On 16-06-2010 14:40, Jim Ramsay wrote:
> > Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >> I propose that this license be added to the EULA group. The previous
> >> AdobeFlash-10 license is similar in this regard, and could possibly
> >> also be added to that group.
> >
> > Agreed, on both points, and done. Thanks for finding and airing this
> > issue!
> >
> >> One notable section is 7.6 in which Adobe reserves the right to
> >> download and install additional Content Protection software on the
> >> user's PC.
> >
> > Not like anyone will actually *read* the license before adding it to
> > their accept group, but if they did this would indeed be an important
> > thing of which users should be aware.
>
> I defend it is our job to warn users about this kind of details. To me
> it sounds that a einfo at post-build phase would do the job, what do you
> guys think?
Definitely yes! This is a very dangerous snippet in Adobe's license which
should be pretty clearly pointed at to every user.
--
Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C)
Gentoo developer and bug-wrangler
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-17 22:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-14 21:20 [gentoo-dev] Adding AdobeFlash-10{,.1} licenses to EULA group Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
2010-06-16 12:40 ` Jim Ramsay
2010-06-16 12:45 ` Angelo Arrifano
2010-06-17 22:06 ` Lars Wendler [this message]
2010-06-17 22:14 ` Dale
2010-06-17 22:37 ` Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
2010-06-17 23:20 ` Lars Wendler
2010-06-18 1:42 ` Brian Harring
2010-06-18 6:10 ` Dale
2010-06-18 9:08 ` Lars Wendler
2010-06-18 10:16 ` Alec Warner
2010-06-18 13:58 ` Angelo Arrifano
2010-06-18 17:56 ` Brian Harring
2010-06-19 2:29 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2010-06-23 18:41 ` [gentoo-dev] " Domen Kožar
2010-06-24 5:59 ` Thilo Bangert
2010-06-19 2:25 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
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