Re: [NonGNU] new: hermes

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 10:26:14PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:57:12 +0300
> > From: Jean Louis <[email protected]>

[...]

> > The software install process for Hermes says to users:
> > 
> > Press Ctrl+C at any time to exit.                      │
> > 
> > It doesn't say to users "Press Ctrl+C to avoid registration at our SaaS 
> > LLM"
> 
> Yes, it does:
> 
>               Hermes Agent Setup Wizard
>    Let's configure your Hermes Agent installation.
>    Press Ctrl+C at any time to exit.
> 
> This says that Ctrl+C will exit the setup wizard, which configures
> Hermes.
> 
> So it sounds like you are splitting hair here.

I tend to side with Jean Louis here. What we see is a classical
example of a Dark Pattern [1], exploiting ambiguity to shepherd
users in a determinate direction. It may be compatible with the
letter of free software, yes. But not more.

Cheers

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern
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