From: Bruce Stephens <bruce.stephens@isode.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>,
msysgit@googlegroups.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [msysGit] [FYI][PATCH] Customizing the WinGit installer
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:51:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <803aj9pq6o.fsf@tiny.isode.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0810061031380.3208@nehalem.linux-foundation.org> (Linus Torvalds's message of "Mon\, 6 Oct 2008 10\:34\:23 -0700 \(PDT\)")
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
[...]
> I absolutely detest clicking through EULA's or other self-serving crap. I
> hate software that bothers me with their license details. Nobody reads
> those things anyway, and an extra click or an extra window I didn't ask
> for - _especially_ in open source software - is just a bug.
By coincidence, I recently bought an Asus EEE PC which comes with a
Quick Use Guide whose first step on Launching First Run Wizard reads
"Toggle 'I agree with this license' and click 'Next' to continue.",
very sensibly not bothering to suggest that the user read the license.
[...]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-06 17:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-03 12:27 [FYI][PATCH] Customizing the WinGit installer Petr Baudis
2008-10-06 14:22 ` [msysGit] " Johannes Schindelin
2008-10-06 14:18 ` Petr Baudis
2008-10-06 15:23 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-10-06 16:00 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-10-06 16:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-10-06 17:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-10-06 17:51 ` Bruce Stephens [this message]
2008-10-06 17:54 ` Robin Burchell
2008-10-06 18:01 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-10-06 19:47 ` [msysGit] " Linus Torvalds
2008-10-07 1:53 ` Dmitry Potapov
2008-10-07 2:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-10-07 3:08 ` Dmitry Potapov
2008-10-07 7:46 ` Heikki Orsila
2008-10-07 9:28 ` [msysGit] " Petr Baudis
2008-10-08 7:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-10-06 20:11 ` [msysGit] " Heikki Orsila
2008-10-07 1:59 ` Dmitry Potapov
2008-10-07 2:40 ` Avery Pennarun
2008-10-07 7:42 ` Heikki Orsila
2008-10-06 21:19 ` Abdelrazak Younes
2008-10-06 17:23 ` Petr Baudis
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