Re: How to install Opera in Kubuntu 10.04 ?

Patryk Obara <[email protected]> írta:
>On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:41:29 +0200, Krzysztof Szumny <[email protected]>  >
wrote:>
>
> On 25.07.2011 01:46, Larry Alkoff wrote:>
>> How to install Opera in Kubuntu 10.04 ?>
>>>
>> I don't understand why Opera is not in the Kubuntu repositories.>
>>>
>>
> I am not sure, but I think that this is related to licence of Opera.>
>>
>
Kind-of.>
>
Long time ago, we requested everyone to sign agreement with us if they  >
wanted to distribute Opera - Canonical cared, so they signed it and>
Opera was in their repositories for a while.>
>
Then someone decided to change wording in our EULA to NOT allow  >
redistribution at all - since it was legal grey area to distros, almost>
all of them dropped Opera. When desktop team learned about this, we  >
insisted on modifying our EULA once again (that's why there is separate>
EULA for unix now). So, now we explicitly allow distributions to include  >
Opera in repositories, but we are struggling to get back in.>

Hello:

Off too.
This is a good example how a bad decision can affect spread and use of opera. I've been using opera for more than 10 years and in the last few versions (since 10.50) the changes did not fit my taste. Linux is different from windows, and linux/unix users are different from users.
When I got used to something that works good I dont want it to be changed, especially if the change makes it worse (for me). A few examples:
- binding file chooser to gnome or kde4 or a not-really functional native file chooser. The earlier file chooser worked better.
- changing floating find window to a rolling-down bar
- remove support for fonts that were supported before.

Such changes may push away users and it will be difficult get them back.

Cheers,

Istvan


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