** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => In Progress
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183
Title:
Doesn't display information about exact software license
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Bug description:
When you see information about software that you want to install,
Ubuntu Software Center says whether the license is "Open source",
"Proprietary", or "Unknown". It does not show more detail than that
(e.g. GPLv2).
It should be helpful not only to make others understand the nature of
free software, but also to distinguish free and open source software
from software like (just an example) Google Earth, free for non
commercial use.
This cannot be fixed in Ubuntu Software Center until Ubuntu packages
themselves provide machine-readable information about their exact
license. For one proposal to implement this, see
<http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat>.
See also <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p
-machine-readable-copyrights>.
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