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Support license acceptance

Bug #1609930 reported by Redmar
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Bug Description

The snapcraft.yaml syntax page (https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/build-apps/snapcraft-syntax/) lists a number of license-specific options for snaps, but those have been deprecated. Therefore users can install snaps that have "license-agreement: explicit" set without being prompted to accept the license at all.

Many proprietary and non-commercial software products require users to accept some sort of EULA, and since a unified option is lacking for snaps, it is currently not possible to distribute many of these as snaps.

I think that re-enabling support of "license-agreement: explicit" would help a lot with the growth of the snap package ecosystem.

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Gustavo Niemeyer (niemeyer) wrote :

The old form of license acceptance is dead, but we'll have a new way to accept terms soon.

Thanks for raising the issue here.

summary: - wishlist: re-enable mandatory click-through license for snaps
+ Support license acceptance
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Redmar (redmar) wrote :

That is good to know. Can you give any hint on the timeline for this? Will the support for license acceptance land for 16.04 as well?

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