On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 09:26:39PM +0800, Hikaru Amano wrote:
it would be useful to Third Parties if RPM have the ability to ask
for
License Agreement before installing their package. I'm not a lawyer
but I believe this is useful in legal related stuff when distributing
softwares. I have seen a few RPM that are stored .bin just for the
sake of license agreement (Sun Java is the easiest example) and with
RPM having (optional) license agreement before installation , this
would reduce their worries bout licensing when packaging app for
Linux.
RPM supports remote install and scripted installs. As such it cannot support
license agreements while installing. Instead vendors with a clue arrange that
when you first execute the program it explains the license and asks you for
agreement.
Alan