severity 132679 normal thanks To use this program you have to read, understand, and accept the following "NO WARRANTY" agreement.
I'm sorry if this sounds as a "me too" message, but Dwayne C. Litzenberger has said it very clearly, so I'm going to quote him: > 1. If every single program (GUI or otherwise) had a disclaimer that must be > acknowledged, the operating system as a whole would be practically unusable. IMHO, this is not a minor thing, it is a slippery slope. We should not consider this acceptable in an Operating System which is free software. More to the point, if it's really true (i.e. to be considered part of the license) that to use the program you *have* to read and understand the "no warranty" thing, then the license is not DFSG-free, as it would clearly discriminate against any person who just can't read or understand the text. Just think about very small children or any person speaking a language for which the message has not been localized. They should *not* be required to read and understand the lack of warranty to be able to use the program. If the requirement is a legal requirement, then the license is not DFSG-free, this bug should be serious, and the program should go to non-free. OTOH, if it's not a legal requirement, we already warn our users that Debian comes with no warranty. In such case, please consider removing the message, as it's annoying and improper for a free OS. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
