[Bug 435183] Re: software-store doesn't display informations about licences
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: software-store + 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). - When you see informations about software that you want to install, software-store shows you only the price, but not the license. - When you install a program, in my humble opinion, it's important to have the license indication (GPLv2...), not only the price. - 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. + 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. ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Milestone: None = later ** Summary changed: - software-store doesn't display informations about licences + Doesn't display information about exact software license -- Doesn't display information about exact software license https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 435183] Re: software-store doesn't display informations about licences
blocks on bug 462461 -- software-store doesn't display informations about licences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 435183] Re: software-store doesn't display informations about licences
Re: submitter, the text should never say something like the proposed free for non-commercial use, it should say License: proprietary for anything that is not DFSG free. There are two fields, price and license. -- software-store doesn't display informations about licences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 435183] Re: software-store doesn't display informations about licences
scientes, proprietary would be as misleading as Open source, they all have different clauses like NDA, etc. There should be some more information - not sure how to classify licenses though. -- software-store doesn't display informations about licences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 435183] Re: software-store doesn't display informations about licences
What is currently in Karmic Beta is not very good nor useful. it just says License: Open Source For everything in main and universe and unknown for things in multiverse proprietary for things in restricted instead of Open Source software-center needs to use the copyright information from the packages see http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/ -- software-store doesn't display informations about licences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 435183] Re: software-store doesn't display informations about licences
Thanks for your bugreport. We do show Open Source, Proprietary and Unknown now in the store. -- software-store doesn't display informations about licences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 435183] Re: software-store doesn't display informations about licences
We do want this, but we can't provide useful information for packages in third-party repositories until package copyright information is made machine-parseable. If you want to make this a reality, do what you can to get http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat approved and adopted. ** Changed in: software-store (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed ** Changed in: software-store (Ubuntu) Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) = (unassigned) -- software-store doesn't display informations about licences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 435183] Re: software-store doesn't display informations about licences
thank you very much for license indication, Michael; that's really fine for me, now. Matthew, the adoption of the proposal would be the best and definitive solution, but I don't know actually what can I do to get the proposal approved. -- software-store doesn't display informations about licences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 435183] Re: software-store doesn't display informations about licences
Matthew do we want this? ** Changed in: software-store (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete ** Changed in: software-store (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) -- software-store doesn't display informations about licences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
