http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450003
User vuntz@novell.com added comment
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450003#c11
--- Comment #11 from Vincent Untz
With respect to the question of just "seeing" a license and not actively clicking on "I Agree", there is a degree of uncertainty from a legal perspective. Many EULAs claim that activities such as "using, downloading, running" etc are sufficient to indicate acceptance. Others would require express assent by clicking an "I Agree" button. As the FSF themselves state that, while there is no _problem_ with using an "I Agree" button for the GPL, there is no _need_ to do so, we adopted the "Next Step" / "Continue" approach for the YaST installation. Though, I would ask what the problem for the user is -> why would the user have a problem clicking on an "I Agree" button and have no problem with a "Continue" button? From a legal perspective, the "I Agree" button also makes more sense. There is no way of making a license "non obligatory" - for some software, the user _has_ to agree to the license or else does not obtain rights (except for etc GPL where acceptance of the GPL is not necessary to _run_ this program) necessary. The real question involved here is "how does the user indicate acceptance". Again, the "I Accept" method is most legally sound.
What's the difference with the text displayed on the openSUSE DVD installer (where, iirc, the user doesn't have to click "I agree")? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.