I think you need to respect the privacy

So do I. How do distribution/platform name and version numbers violate one's privacy? The information can only be used for statistics.

why should they be forced to tell you that they're using your code?

Please read my original post again.

I will force nobody and will be very open about what happens. There will be an easy, obvious way to opt out and it will be printed on screen and mentioned in the README.

dmesg | mail -s "Sony VAIO 505R laptop, apm works OK" dmesg@openbsd.org

Because I would like to include automated, unattended installations and would like to make sending the information the default. Because the information sent is static and not privacy-sensitive, I think opt-in is not needed.

Why not provide a simply perl script in your package, and finish off your installation with a message saying something to the effect of "I would like to hear about people using package XXX, please run the following script to send me a quick email containing your info"?

I have done so in the past. I know for a fact that it doesn't work as well.

Also, I do not want to hear about PEOPLE using the package, I just want a rough indication of the number of installations. NO PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL BE SENT.

Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }

In reply to Re: Re: Gathering module usage statistics by Juerd
in thread Gathering module usage statistics by Juerd

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