[Bug 435183] Re: Doesn't display information about exact software license

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Description changed:

  When you see information about software that you want to install, Ubuntu
  Software Center says whether the license is "Open source",
  "Proprietary", or "Unknown". It does not show more detail than that
  (e.g. GPLv2).
  
  It should be helpful not only to make others understand the nature of
  free software, but also to distinguish free and open source software
  from software like (just an example) Google Earth, free for non
  commercial use.
  
  This cannot be fixed in Ubuntu Software Center until Ubuntu packages
  themselves provide machine-readable information about their exact
  license. For one proposal to implement this, see
  <http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat>.
+ 
+ See also <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p
+ -machine-readable-copyrights>.

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Title:
  Doesn't display information about exact software license

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When you see information about software that you want to install,
  Ubuntu Software Center says whether the license is "Open source",
  "Proprietary", or "Unknown". It does not show more detail than that
  (e.g. GPLv2).

  It should be helpful not only to make others understand the nature of
  free software, but also to distinguish free and open source software
  from software like (just an example) Google Earth, free for non
  commercial use.

  This cannot be fixed in Ubuntu Software Center until Ubuntu packages
  themselves provide machine-readable information about their exact
  license. For one proposal to implement this, see
  <http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat>.

  See also <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p
  -machine-readable-copyrights>.

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