[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 xkon):

 Thanks for your input @idea15 !

 For `1` even the quotation you added is more than enough I guess as well.
 And imho even everyday users have to be informed about which Open Source
 license we are under even as a reminder, there are plenty out there with
 different scopes etc so a reminder of GPLv2+ is a good thing as some might
 get more educated as we're explaining to them what PHP is and why they
 need an update etc.

 For `2` WordPress installation has nothing to do with 'installing wp.org'
 the privacy on https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/ is about you visiting
 wp.org as a user/website relationship and has nothing to do with WordPress
 as a software.

 WordPress privacy policy during installation should be between `1 + 3` as
 the communicating data for the updates and such concern the admins/devs
 that are doing the setup usually. But even if #43492 is still open ( I'm
 not sure it will close in time for the release) I still think the first
 release should have a notice no matter if that's resolved fully or not.

 To make a start then even this would be more than enough imho. I'd be
 happy to see it as a user/dev/admin if I was about to make my 1st ever
 WordPress installation:

 {{{
 WordPress is released under GPLv2 (or later) license from the Free
 Software Foundation.

 Quick License Summary: You may copy, distribute and modify the software as
 long as you track changes/dates in source files. Any modifications to or
 software including (via compiler) GPL-licensed code must also be made
 available under the GPL along with build & install instructions.

 A full copy of the license is included with every copy of WordPress, but
 you can also review it here.

 To be able to provide consistent security & feature updates WordPress
 might occasionally send some data to WordPress.org such as
 data,data,data,data.
 }}}

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