> On Sep 10, 2015, at 9:22 PM, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: >> [..] >> I have the FDI 1.2 prototype installer about 30% done already. > > Excellent! > > >> Next up: >> >> Locate packages to install. No sense going any farther if they can't be >> found. >> >> To display Eula. Accept or quit? (Reminds me to finish vview utility in V8PT) >> >> Give install options: >> 1 basic >> 2 full (default?) >> 3 basic + sources >> 4 full + sources >> Quit >> >> Do sys c: >> Do install packages. >> >> Do we are done thanks. Quit or reboot? > > I don't know about displaying the EULA. There are many free software / > open source licenses used in the FreeDOS distribution. The kernel and > many utilities in Base are under the GNU GPL, but many other programs > are under the BSD license, or MIT license, etc. I don't think you want > to display all of those for an EULA. > > I think a simple info screen will suffice. Something like: > >> Welcome to FreeDOS! >> >> FreeDOS is a free version of DOS, an operating system that you install >> on your computer. FreeDOS is made up of many smaller programs, called >> utilities. >> >> Most of FreeDOS is distributed to you under the GNU General Public >> License, a free software license that guarantees you have access to >> the source code. Other parts of FreeDOS are distributed under a >> similar license that includes source code. >> >> For details on the specific licenses used in FreeDOS, refer to the >> documentation. This is usually installed in C:\FDOS\DOC > > > But I lack the time just now to make that shorter or clearer. :-) >
Yeah, your right. There is no "one Eula to rule them all" No Eula page then. Hummm.... How about on welcome page? Something like: 1 Continue to install 2 More information 3 Quit > > Jim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
