Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

Hello, Any final inputs whether there is any need for specifying privacy policy somewhere for packages from only Offical Debian main repositories? What I am looking at (and maybe even some other users too) is simply to have a secure 'core' which can be utilised further to add more packages via o

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 04:14:59 -0700 Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote > One thing seems sure, Debian will never have a privacy policy, I think, > but maaybe may request any package (or some packages) to include a > PRIVACY file. Should require to change the Debian

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 01:33:14PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > You can help the maintainers by running Unstable or Testing and filing > > bug reports. > > Is there a URL to aid that upgrade? Or is it a start with a new drive & > iso image? I'm in favor of operational continuity, if it can be

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

On Monday 10 June 2019 01:00:58 pm John Hasler wrote: > Gene writes: > > All of that I'm well aware of Tomas. So yes "should" is a bit > > stronger sounding than I intended. But at my thinkers age, I'd like > > to think I have sense enough left to know my limits. So I ask. I > > am behind the c

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

Gene writes: > All of that I'm well aware of Tomas. So yes "should" is a bit stronger > sounding than I intended. But at my thinkers age, I'd like to think I > have sense enough left to know my limits. So I ask. I am behind the > curve of any modern language, even bash scripts I wrote 10 years a

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

On Monday 10 June 2019 11:17:04 am to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 06:43:17AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > I'm not a maintainer, just a user. > > > > And a instance of the above should result in the instant moving of > > that package into the non-free category. And

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 06:43:17AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: [...] > I'm not a maintainer, just a user. > > And a instance of the above should result in the instant moving of that > package into the non-free category. And put a link to a readme > explaining why its contamination by such track

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

Hi, Do you know wether FSF or OSI has some tmplate, just like licnese examples, for such thing? With a tmplate, maybe Debian might accept to ship it to the packages like thy include COPYRIGHT, or displaying a screen to mention privacy policy. One thing seems sure, Debian will never have a

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

On Monday 10 June 2019 04:11:54 am to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 12:08:04AM -0700, npdflr wrote: > > Thanks Jean for your reply. > > > > Non-free packages should definitely be checked with their privacy > > policy. But what about free packages? > > Agreed. > > > The license for

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 12:08:04AM -0700, npdflr wrote: > Thanks Jean for your reply. > > Non-free packages should definitely be checked with their privacy policy. But > what about free packages? Agreed. > The license for the Go programming language is https://golang.org/LICENSE > which is fre

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

Thanks Jean for your reply. Non-free packages should definitely be checked with their privacy policy. But what about free packages? The license for the Go programming language is https://golang.org/LICENSE which is free but the privacy policy is invasive https://policies.google.com/privacy?

Re: Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

Hi, Privacy policy makes sense for software you quote, eithr because they are closd-code, or because thy are in the cloud and users send data to servers, so it is important to know what do this data once sent. Debian provides free software and does not support non-free one even if they exist

Privacy policy of packages/softwares installed in Debian

Hello, How can one check the privacy policy for the packages/softwares (which can be free or non-free) installed in Debian? If one is downloading and installing a package from a website then he/she can check the privacy policy link on that website. Example: -- Skype (https://www.skype.com/e