Windows installer asks user to accept the GPL

[Martin Pool]

On 12 Oct 2006, Lachlan Patrick <loki at research.canon.com.au> wrote:

> > Since we're talking about removing a misleading "agree to this
> > license" anyway, I thought now would be a good time to reduce the
> > user's inconvenience in that area further if possible.
> 
> While I agree with the general sentiment of Ben's reply here about
> reducing inconvenience, I think people now expect the installer to ask a
> few questions and show a licence, so I think showing the GPL with a Next
> button below it is fine. All I'd ask for is a little clarification on
> that screen that the GPL applies to the bzr source code which comes with
> the tool, but not to the user's code or documents. This would make it
> crystal clear to corporate legal types.

That might be even better.  Perhaps the installer should show a shorter
message with a short GPL summary:

  Bazaar is free software; you can redistribute and/or modify it under
  the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.  Managing 
  source code in Bazaar does not make it subject to the GPL.

with a link to see the full text.  

-- 
Martin