Closed Bug 353920 Opened 18 years ago Closed 18 years ago

Add about:license to About Camino

Categories

(Camino Graveyard :: General, defect)

PowerPC
macOS
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED FIXED
Camino1.5

People

(Reporter: alqahira, Assigned: alqahira)

Details

(Keywords: fixed1.8.1.1)

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(2 files)

Per all the Mo* licensing discussion, about:license needs to be in About Camino so that people can find the license(s).

This requires 3 new lines in Credits.rtf and a resize of the About Camino  window--wherever that's defined--to accommodate the new set of lines (otherwise we have an unsightly scrollbox). 

I propose we put this below Mozilla Contributors:

License:
Type “about:license” in the Location bar.
(In reply to comment #0)
> and a resize of the About Camino window--wherever that's defined--to
> accommodate the new set of lines (otherwise we have an unsightly scrollbox). 

It's defined in AppKit; AFAIK the only way to control the size is to use a custom about panel.

Why can't this just go in the ReadMe?
From Gerv, in bug 328563 comment 13:

The MPL and other licences have language about making things like license terms
and lists of contributors "prominent" or "easily accessible". People look for
this stuff in Help | About; so IMO we do need a link from there to
about:license.

(and see also bug 339117; there's been no indication that Camino is exempt from the licensing-display requirements of the MPL)

We've talked about making our own panel before (to make the canonical URL clickable *and* ensure it opens in Camino), but my bugzilla fu is weak today.

Alternatively, we could stop thanking the mailing list and fit everything. ;)
Attached file modified Credits.rtf
This does the last option in the previous comment, removes the ML "thanks" and adds in about:license.
Attachment #242574 - Flags: review?(samuel.sidler)
Assignee: nobody → alqahira
Comment on attachment 242574 [details]
modified Credits.rtf

r=me

Mike, this change removes the mailing list from the About Camino window and adds an addition License entry so users can see what license we ship under outside of the dimmidge (which is the only place we list it besides the website right now).
Attachment #242574 - Flags: superreview?(mikepinkerton)
Attachment #242574 - Flags: review?(samuel.sidler)
Attachment #242574 - Flags: review+
Comment on attachment 242574 [details]
modified Credits.rtf

See comment 2 for why we need to add about:license, btw.
Comment on attachment 242574 [details]
modified Credits.rtf

sr=pink
Attachment #242574 - Flags: superreview?(mikepinkerton) → superreview+
Whiteboard: [needs checkin]
Landed on trunk and MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Keywords: fixed1.8.1
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Whiteboard: [needs checkin]
Keywords: fixed1.8.1.1
Keywords: fixed1.8.1
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