-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2008-09-26 at 16:09 +0200, Michael Loeffler wrote:
Hi,
we discussed already once [1] the situation with proprietary software on our distribution. We agreed on the list and in an IRC project meeting that it's not nice but is very convenient for many users and should stay therefor on media.
I'm opening the discussion again as with that we never will achieve a user friendly licence as already copying of our software on DVD is not allowed and even some mirrors have an issue with this licence. We receive on a regular base inquiries in this regards and bad press [2].
Here is our proposal for new discussion.
Let me ask if this other would be possible: - During the install, before the point where the "eula" is displayed, ask the user if he wants non-oss software (with help popup possible). Maybe a tick box. - If the user wants non-oss software, then display the corresponding eula. (I understand from the discussion so far that, if no non-oss software is installed, that no eula needs to be displayed) - To solve the problem for mirrors, the non-oss software could go to an add-on dvd or cd. There are still many users without broadband that would appreciate having this disk. This would also increase the available space on the main dvd, which might be another reason for your proposal ;-) Possibly most of your user base have broadband, but many don't. I have friends in Spain that don't, for instance. And many of those users on modem will not fill surveys, either. I know of some that do not even have http access! I'd like to call attention to the real need of having all the files needed for installation on media, and point you to this link as an exxample of an attempt to fill that need: http://easgs.wordpress.com/category/multimedia-pack-2008-for-open-suse-11/ Multimedia Pack 2008 Para Open Suse 11 The Complete Multimedia Solution for Open Suse 11 It is, I understand, a complete repository on disk, for multimedia things. If you move non-oss to the wire, it will make things more difficult for many people out there, till somebody else creates "The complete non-oss solution for open suse 11.x" :-) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjdN6EACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VXoQCfdE6mzOg4hoV43IMjLybJJFN+ PREAn2HRAt5SdjUYBc9bIahpWlUFOPSC =XTAY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org