From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jari Aalto Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.4 Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:46:20 +0200 Organization: Private Message-ID: References: <7vmyqk563z.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080207123108.GA12009@bit.office.eurotux.com> <20080207130715.GA14000@bit.office.eurotux.com> <7v1w7ooes3.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: msysgit-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org X-From: grbounce-SUPTvwUAAABqUyiVh9Fi-Slj5a_0adWQ=gcvm-msysgit=m.gmane.org-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Thu Feb 07 23:48:06 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvm-msysgit@m.gmane.org Received: from wr-out-0708.google.com ([64.233.184.243]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JNFXE-0004AM-Ll for gcvm-msysgit@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:48:01 +0100 Received: by wr-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 56so7011561wra.3 for ; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:47:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:x-sender:x-apparently-to:received:received:received-spf:authentication-results:received:received:received:x-injected-via-gmane:to:from:subject:date:organization:lines:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:x-complaints-to:x-gmane-nntp-posting-host:user-agent:cancel-lock:cc:sender:precedence:x-google-loop:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-unsubscribe; bh=iL4ieaostVrCTLN6Xdnly6voAuMs68kJPnxCtqXfVZk=; b=PbGgRmGfc7DQzsT2svoUEwK0q+aUV4XAMMam0dXLTXz62Ozy2dfukx0JAJOvh3E1qQn+CgooP9TCGxfBlps9lrhQC23XlkETpQPdCu5xeyggJEiSo8mxOgOw528TQrQX8JwyITYAVIW75U8cMJKlimG4Wt8EU1/LBMAQV7zxPsk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-sender:x-apparently-to:received-spf:authentication-results:x-injected-via-gmane:to:from:subject:date:organization:lines:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:x-complaints-to:x-gmane-nntp-posting-host:user-agent:cancel-lock:cc:sender:precedence:x-google-loop:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-unsubscribe; b=dPS3m9AZS7ntIugRbmwpXy6pR2OcAkWNnfoxGuHiFPlfZnC0mhknfewQNo9Tq5EIajRE7DF4Nk+D5m+iK/n3wFpotYTN3fZdS3jYYGOqTPivCyPvwWSJfZIPdd74UCuewODPwlcJZ0jD8AgXt9ObEFtbPpFxs6whNfRo9ys/VoU= Received: by 10.100.136.15 with SMTP id j15mr991214and.21.1202424440074; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:47:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.106.191.30 with SMTP id o30gr1673prf; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:47:20 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: gcvm-msysgit@m.gmane.org X-Apparently-To: msysgit-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Received: by 10.35.37.18 with SMTP id p18mr25932057pyj.6.1202424439647; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:47:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id z53si7686521pyg.1.2008.02.07.14.47.18; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:47:19 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of gcvm-msysgit@m.gmane.org designates 80.91.229.2 as permitted sender) client-ip=80.91.229.2; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of gcvm-msysgit@m.gmane.org designates 80.91.229.2 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=gcvm-msysgit@m.gmane.org Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JNFWV-0005rY-44 for msysgit-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:47:15 +0000 Received: from a91-155-178-181.elisa-laajakaista.fi ([91.155.178.181]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:47:15 +0000 Received: from jari.aalto by a91-155-178-181.elisa-laajakaista.fi with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:47:15 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Complaints-To: usenet-dbVV3NMTNubNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: a91-155-178-181.elisa-laajakaista.fi User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TKorgOE9HMKCBt7o+wT9Zxgt75o= Sender: msysgit-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Precedence: bulk X-Google-Loop: groups Mailing-List: list msysgit-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org; contact msysgit-owner-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: , Archived-At: * Thu 2008-02-07 Johannes Schindelin-Mmb7MZpHnFY * Message-Id: alpine.LSU.1.00.0802071831520.8543-OGWIkrnhIhzN0uC3ymp8PA@public.gmane.org > The reasoning for showing the GPL in the Git installer..in favour, for two > reasons: > > - the end users should really know that the software is licensed in a > pretty free way. No they don't. The git binary is free in its distributable form and needs therefore no such "EULA to be clicked". Git is distributed everywhere else without "press the button to bypass/accept/whatever reading the GPL". Let's not make some platform, and a specific version of it, an exception. FYI, Windows / Cygwin, version does not require user to click past such "EULA". > - _every_ serious Windows program comes with a click-through license. We > just don't want to be left behind. No they don't. Have a look at vast number of Freeware software out there www.nonags.com, tucows etc. They do not at all require such measures. And yes, Freeware is serious software for Windows users. > - even if it would be not necessary to accept the license (which I am not > at all sure about Redhat, The big company, has allowed the hosted Cygwin project to distribute GPL software for ages under Windows. And their lawyers *have* certainly checked that Cygwin installer does not need user to click "GPL EULA" to have Cygwin installed. That pretty much proves that there is no need for "read LICENCE to install" button to be present. Jari -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines