Re: [Tails-dev] [Tails-ux] RFC: Phrasing for warning users w…

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Lähettäjä: sajolida
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Vastaanottaja: Austin English, The Tails public development discussion list
Aihe: Re: [Tails-dev] [Tails-ux] RFC: Phrasing for warning users when running in a non-free VM
Austin English:
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 6:42 AM, sajolida <sajolida@???> wrote:
>> Austin English:
>>> On Aug 8, 2015 11:30 AM, "intrigeri" <intrigeri@???> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Consider using <a
>>>>> href='https://www.virtualbox.org/'>VirtualBox</a> instead.
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather move this one to the doc page about virtualization (linked
>>>> below), which will give us more room to warn agains the non-free
>>>> extension pack that's featured quite prominently on their download
>>>> page. That would be the second modification needed there, to make it
>>>> consistent with what Austin English is implementing.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Ok, so adjusting my last proposal we could:
>>
>> 1. Change the title into "Warning: non-free virtual machine detected!"
>>
>> 2. Change the body into:
>>
>> "Both the host operating system and the virtualization software are
>> able to monitor what you are doing in Tails.
>>
>> Additionally, only free software, both as operating system and
>> virtualization software, can be trustworthy.
>> <a
>> href='file:///usr/share/doc/tails/website/doc/advanced_topics/virtualization.en.html#security'>Learn
>> more...</a>
>>
>> That's better, no?
>
> That phrasing sounds awkward to me. How about:
> "Both the host operating system and the virtualization software are
> able to monitor what you are doing in Tails.
>
> Only free software can be considered trustworthy, for both the host
> operating system and the virtualization software.
>
> <a href='file:///usr/share/doc/tails/website/doc/advanced_topics/virtualization.en.html#security'>Learn
> more...</a>
>
> Still not perfect, but it's an awkward sentence to try to phrase.


Fine with me, especially if you're a native speaker. I don't know if
that's your case, but personally I'm not :)