Re: git-scm.com GUI client links
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
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- Nov 13, 2018, 23:43 UTC
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- <20181113234354.GD226088@google.com>
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+git@vger.kernel.org, git-security@googlegroups.com -> bcc Paul J Sanchez wrote:
> On Nov 13, 2018, at 2:25 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:
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>> The link seems to be https://aurees.com/ ? >> >> They seem to have >> https://aurees.com/legal/license-agreement >> which is a hilarious read: >> >> You agree that each and every e-mail address, which You use during >> registration or to commit changes into a Git repository, is >> automatically sent to and stored by Nezaboodka for verification >> purposes; >> You agree with Nezaboodka's and their partners' advertising to be >> shown by the Software and to be sent to Your registration e-mail; >> You may neither disable nor block automatic updates of the Software; >> You may neither disable nor block sending of anonymous usage >> statistics to Nezaboodka; >> You may download, install and any number of copies of the Software >> registered under Free License; >> >> Further: >> The Agreement is a public agreement (offer) as defined by the law >> of Republic of Belarus (article 396 of Civil Code of Republic of >> Belarus). This Agreement is governed by the laws of Republic of >> Belarus >> >> ... I did not know English is an official language in Belarus. > > I saw the link on git-scm.com.com. You’re correct, the site is > https://aurees.com.com/>. > > And no, I hadn’t yet gotten as far as the license-agreement. Egad! > Total show-stopper. > > After seeing the licensing terms, I’d agree with Sophos. Software > which harvests my e-mail addresses and usage data and has > autoupdates which cannot be disabled or blocked qualifies as malware > in my opinion.