[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43811: Licence & Policy notice during installation

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#43811: Licence & Policy notice during installation
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 Reporter:  xkon         |       Owner:  xkon
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr         |     Focuses:
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Comment (by idea15):

 Let's break this down as we're really discussing three things.

 1. GPL
 Is this really necessary for your everyday user? I don't see that the
 notification would need to be anything other than "The license under which
 the WordPress software is released is the GPLv2 (or later) from the Free
 Software Foundation", as the GPL is not something which will concern 99%
 of site admins.

 2. Policy
 For the purposes of installing wp.org, this would mean WP's own privacy
 policy https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/, and it's important that the
 site administrator not conflate that with the one they are required to
 create.

 3. Connection between WP.org and updates
 This is [#43492], which is still open. So this is putting the cart before
 the horse in asking for the wording of text for an issue we haven't
 resolved.

 Jetpack's recent addition says:

 "We are committed to protecting your privacy." (I have a kneejerk reaction
 against "we are committed to X" from my marketing manager days as I think
 it sounds like customer service waffle, but that's just me.)
 "Read about how Jetpack uses your data in Automattic's privacy policy
 [https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/] and What data does Jetpack sync?
 [https://jetpack.com/support/what-data-does-jetpack-sync/]"
 And then provides a slider, "Send information to help us improve our
 products."
 Which is opted in by default.

 So that would be one model to follow, but. The questions are, are we happy
 with just going with 2 and 3, and leave GPL to the devs, and can we now
 look at [#43492].

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