On 2018-03-21 19:24, Ankur Sinha wrote:
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 12:47:50 -0400, Christian Fredrik Schaller wrote:Also in the GNOME software the licensing field do put the work Proprietary in a bright red colour box which to me signals 'warning' since red usually is used as the colour of negative alerts. So I do think we are covering this and I think that is good,No, see, it isn't good enough. What does the word "proprietary" mean to an end user that is targeted here---one that is not necessarily part of the Open source eco system and has no context?
If you click the label in the licensing field, it pops up a box with some more information. That description also includes a link to Wikipedia that describes the lack of access to the source code, redistribution limitations, etc. of proprietary software.
Screenshot attached.Probably possible to make it better, but maybe that discussion is better done in an issue tracker.
- Andreas
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