Your message dated Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:17:06 +0000
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and subject line Bug#132679: fixed in xsane 0.995-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #132679,
regarding xsane should not have a click-through license
to be marked as done.
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132679: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=132679
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Package: xsane
Version: N/A; reported 2002-02-06
Severity: minor
When first starting xsane it pops up the GNU GPL license, with "Accept"
and "Not accept" buttons. clicking on the "Not accept" button terminates
the program. This makes it impossible to use the program without
agreeing to the GPL, other than by modifying the source code. However,
by modifying the source you implicitly accept the license (GPL clause
5). This leaves no possibility of using the program without agreeing.
Note that the GPL explicitly allows for running the program without
agreeing to the license: "The act of running the Program is not restricted
[by the license]..." (clause 0). Anyway, a click-through is totally
unnecessary for the GPL. You implicitly accept it when you commit any of
the activities covered by it, because otherwise you'd be violating
copyright.
I'm sorry for wasting your time with this silly stuff, but click-throughs
irk the hell out of me (even though I accept the GPL anyway) and I
genuinely believe that this situation goes against that part of the spirit
of the GPL (the part that states you don't have to accept the license to
use the software).
Thanks for your attention.
Jason McCarty
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux quaternion 2.4.17-quaternion #1 Fri Jan 18 19:38:29 EST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
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Source: xsane
Source-Version: 0.995-3
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xsane, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
xsane-common_0.995-3_all.deb
to pool/main/x/xsane/xsane-common_0.995-3_all.deb
xsane_0.995-3.diff.gz
to pool/main/x/xsane/xsane_0.995-3.diff.gz
xsane_0.995-3.dsc
to pool/main/x/xsane/xsane_0.995-3.dsc
xsane_0.995-3_amd64.deb
to pool/main/x/xsane/xsane_0.995-3_amd64.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated xsane package)
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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:03:59 +0200
Source: xsane
Binary: xsane xsane-common
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 0.995-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
xsane - featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
xsane-common - featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
Closes: 132679
Changes:
xsane (0.995-3) unstable; urgency=low
.
* debian/patches/04_inhibit_clickthrough.dpatch:
+ Added; finally give up and inhibit the license clickthrough. They
largely made me do it (closes: #132679).
* debian/xsane-common.doc-base:
+ Fix doc-base section.
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