[since this is getting a bit too transmission-specific, I took the liberty of removing the -policy bug CC]
On 15/10/12 02:00, Josh Triplett wrote: > On the other hand, upstream might just intend it as a warning for the > benefit of users, rather than just a means of reducing liability for the > developers. In that case, it need not consist of a click-through to > have some useful benefit. True. But I guess this is just speculation on both our parts. >>> Perhaps it would be possible to put the >>> disclaimer in the main window when there are no downloads running, so >>> users would have an opportunity to learn about what the law permits >>> that way. > > That seems like a good idea to me, and unobtrusive. The only problem I > see: many users will launch Transmission for the first time when they > click on a torrent link in a web browser or file manager, which will > launch Transmission and immediately pop up the dialog to start a > torrent; once the user starts that torrent, the disclaimer wouldn't > display. However, what about a disclaimer sitting below the last > torrent, always at the bottom of the list? Though I don't have any opinion on the particular solutions, I'll just wait a bit to see if the -legal post results in any suggestions before forwarding this upstream. Then we'll take it from there. Cheers -- Leo "costela" Antunes [insert a witty retort here] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
