Re: [msysGit] [FYI][PATCH] Customizing the WinGit installer

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 12:47:16PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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It is not a bug.

If it's unwanted functionality, that's a bug. That's kind of the whole 
(and only) difference between "bug" and "feature". Do people want it?

It looks like you have changed your opinion since what you wrote half
a year ago.

Back then you said:

Yeah. Why not just rather than the whole ok/cancel discussion, go with a 
single button saying "good for me!" and be done with it.

IOW, the license thing should be considered *informational* rather than a 
choice. Because to a user, that's exactly what the GPL is.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.msysgit/1677

Also, please, re-read what Junio said in this thread:

"I think removing the license dialog is a bad idea.  You need to
tell the end-user about his rights, and one of the things is
that he can get source to git under the terms of GPLv2.  The bug
is not about showing the license, but is about refusing to
install unless the end user agrees with it."

I think such a step as removing the license should be approved by
Junio and not be taken behind his back as it's happening now.


Dmitry