Ubuntu UX

[scopes] No way to filter apps by license field

Bug #1437576 reported by HP
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu UX
Triaged
Low
Paty Davila
unity-scope-click (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Trying to install only apps with OpenSource License is very hard because you have look for the license in every individual app description.

There should be an option to sort or filter apps by their licence.

Magdalena Mirowicz (magdalena-mirowicz)
Changed in ubuntu-ux:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
assignee: nobody → Paty Davila (dizzypaty)
summary: - Apps in the AppStore can not be sorted by their license
+ [scopes] Apps in the AppStore can not be sorted by their license
dobey (dobey)
Changed in unity-scope-click (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
no longer affects: ubuntuphone
Revision history for this message
Côme Chilliet (come-5) wrote : Re: [scopes] Apps in the AppStore can not be sorted by their license

There should also be a filter to show only free (as in beer) applications. And one to show only installed applications. (allowing to rate them, or uninstall them).

Revision history for this message
dobey (dobey) wrote :

Added click-package-index as we need the "license" field to be indexed, to be able to search on it. If we get it indexed for search, then we can at least use a search query like "!license:proprietary" to show all non-proprietary licensed apps, or "license:GNU*" to show only GNU licensed apps, for example.

When Unity8 gets filters support, we could then add filters to the UI for easier selection.

@come for prices (free as in beer) you can just search for "price:0.00" to show all apps which are installable without payments.

summary: - [scopes] Apps in the AppStore can not be sorted by their license
+ [scopes] No way to filter apps by license field
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