From: Abdelrazak Younes Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:19:16 GMT Subject: Re: [FYI][PATCH] Customizing the WinGit installer Message-ID: <48EA80D4.5030209@lyx.org> In-Reply-To: On 06/10/2008 20:01, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > >> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote: >>> Well, I consider it a courtesy to the msysGit people to leave it where >>> it is. >> Umm. I consider it to be UNACCEPTABLY STUPID to claim "courtesy" if it >> actually makes something just more irritating to users. >> >> I absolutely detest clicking through EULA's or other self-serving crap. >> I hate software that bothers me with their license details. Nobody reads >> those things anyway, and an extra click or an extra window I didn't ask >> for - _especially_ in open source software - is just a bug. >> >> Bugs aren't "courtesy". Not to the user, and certainly not to the >> developer. > > It is not a bug. It is a message that tells the Windows user that this is > GPLed software, and that they are free to copy it. Windows users (and > developers on Windows are more of users than developers) are often not > aware of that fact. Well, maybe so called "Windows pseudo-developers" do not feel welcome to participate to this particular project? Or maybe this project has not reached yet the minimum visibility threshold? git has a lot of contributors on Linux because it is visible there. Do you think all users of git on Linux systematically contributes? Don't get me wrong, I am truly thankful for msysgit but, IMHO, if you produce and publish a free software you should just accept and be glad that it is used. Otherwise, just don't publish it. > That is the reason why many Open Source projects do not bother on Linux, > but do bother on Windows. And a lot other projects do not bother with this even on Windows and Mac too. Regards, Abdel.