From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: May I publish a Windows Installer for GNU Emacs? Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:17:45 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3097.1063392768@mixed> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063697003 28276 80.91.224.253 (16 Sep 2003 07:23:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:23:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 16 09:23:22 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19zABG-0004hH-00 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:23:22 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19zAEF-0003cE-00 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:26:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19zA90-0005RG-Mu for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 03:21:02 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19zA8l-0005NZ-MA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 03:20:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19zA8W-0005Lj-CJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 03:20:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19zA8W-0005LO-1R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 03:20:32 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19zA8H-0000Zh-00 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:20:17 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19zA8E-0000ZZ-00 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:20:14 +0200 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19zA8R-0007Gk-00 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:20:27 +0200 Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/}, q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16417 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16417 Peter S Galbraith writes: > Actually, I suggest that you take David's advise do display the > following buttons: > > "Thank you." and "I knew that." > > instead of not displaying the GPL. Why? Free software is not as > well-known in the Windows world (although someone installing Emacs might > already have a clue) and I know maybe people that click "I accept" > without even reading anything when they encounter an EULA. If they saw > Thank you." and "I knew that.", they might be surprised and read the > GPL. Then that's one more person that goes "Wow, that's neat." What I've done now is to display the GPL after installation is finished, the user hasn't to say something like "I accept" but to push a button labelled "OK". Regarding the sources: I've limited webspace, so I've just mailed the administrator of the university where I study, if I can put the sources on their ftp server, if he says it's ok, I'll publish the installer this week. -- Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bullshit nobody will read.