Some observations

[Eric Dunbar]

(and I'm going to talk about Mac OS X _again_ ;P)

Instead of having the EULA at installation time (extra coding,
one-time-only EULA, cannot affect updates to any installed apps
without a _new_ EULA being shown) have it shown at the time of the
update (in Synaptic/apt-get) like OS X does and maybe Windows does
(don't know, haven't done updates to a Windows machine for aeons...
have a severe allergy to the OSes (except NT 4.0 SP 6... damn stable
even if its feature set is frozen in time forever)) and many apps do.

Yes, this requires a change to Synaptic & to the data
dictionary/archive format (meta info = licence), but it does allow for
an individualised solution which ensures that people aren't violating
any identified copyright/patent laws. Since there aren't really Linux
app installers in the sense that we're used to on Mac OS X or Windows
(where the EULA is normally displayed), the second-best place to
display an EULA  is through the installer interface when the install
is being processed.

Just a thought... probably something that ought to go upstream ;-).

Eric.

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 00:48:01 +0000, Martin Alderson
<martinalderson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Give Ubuntu a EULA also then. Press yes, it sets up mp3. Press no, it
> doesn't and you get a completely free (as in liberty) desktop.
> 
> Martin
> 
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 09:39:20 +0900, Daniel Miller
> <sound.the.shofar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The next time you go through a Mandrake install, be sure to fully read
> > the EULA thoroughly before you put a check in the box that says you
> > agree.  I'm sure after reading the Mandrake's EULA you will come to
> > understand why they do have MP3 support out of the box.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Daniel Miller