[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One s/w centre payment

2012-08-09 Thread Bill B.
Am I the only one who finds it perturbing that Software Centre or [afaik] U1 does not mention payment methods before accepting the tc's. I was looking out of curiosity - to see how many, if any, methods are actually open source built. I'm guessing PayPal, credit card etc. all accepted... but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One s/w centre payment

2012-08-09 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 9 August 2012 20:22, Bill B. boo...@gmail.com wrote: Am I the only one who finds it perturbing that Software Centre or [afaik] U1 does not mention payment methods before accepting the tc's. I was looking out of curiosity - to see how many, if any, methods are actually open source built.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One s/w centre payment

2012-08-09 Thread Bill Baker
On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 21:03 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote: and financial systems are, for legal reasons as well as for security, inevitably closed. Simon - a good and concise answer. Thanks. though the comment and financial systems are, for legal reasons as well as for security, inevitably

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One s/w centre payment

2012-08-09 Thread alan c
On 09/08/12 21:22, Bill Baker wrote: I refer the honourable gentleman to the current double dip recession ;D Nice one. In case people have not yet seen it, or have a spare hour or two coming up soon: F2C2012: Eben Moglen keynote - Innovation under Austerity