FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Haiku Vmware Build Environment

["Karl vom Dorff" <karl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Karl vom Dorff wrote:
> > i'll need some time to figure out the 'about' application. i was trying
> > to figure out how to adjust this, but was told not to worry by stippi.
>
> That is the short version I guess. :-) I told you not to worry about the
> Deskbar Leaf/Feather. As for About Haiku, it is supposed to say "About
> System" in default builds, in any case, the plan is that this is easy to
> modify for distro builders. I guess you could view it like this: If you
> want to distribute Haiku this early, while we have not been able to
> prepare
> for distro makers as fully as we would like, it is your job to live with
> these limitations and figure out workarounds. :-)


I would rather leave things the way they were, but was told by Koki that I
was violating the distro guidelines.

>
>
> > now it has come up again. could someone describe how to remove and
> adjust
> > haiku's copyright information. i'd rather not remove all the authors and
> > contributors. does this need to be changed/removed as well?
>
> No, of course not! You just have to figure out a way to make it clear from
> this about panel, that You are the one making this distribution, and not
> Haiku Inc.


I understand this statement, but again a difference of opinion across Haiku
developers - see:

http://www.freelists.org/archives/openbeos/04-2008/msg00139.html

>
>
> Best regards,
> -Stephan
>
>
>
>


-- 
Karl vom Dorff
B.Sc (Hons) Biology, (German minor)

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