[haiku-web] [Haiku] #2085: Add licenses to Haiku

#2085: Add licenses to Haiku
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 Reporter:  kvdman       |       Owner:  haiku-web     
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  R1            
Component:  Website/CMS  |     Version:  R1 development
 Platform:  All          |  
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 Hi,

 Haiku is labeled as BSD/MIT licensed, but some binaries contained within
 Haiku, i.e GDB, are not BSD/MIT.

 When distributing a Haiku related distro therefore (and even Haiku
 itself), one should apply a mixed license for Vmware images that
 accurately reflects the contents of Haiku's disk images from the factory.

 I suggest creating a list of all the binaries that differ from the BSD/MIT
 license so that we know exactly what is going on.

 It would also be good, to maybe include a 'License' text file in the
 archives at haiku-files.org that lists these licenses for the binaries
 that different from BSD/MIT in the images. This is what I intend to do
 with any distribution, as well as possibly add the licenses in the
 'AboutSystem' application.

 I also believe, that the license of the files being distributed should be
 visible on the website where they are distributed. Some may argue this
 isn't necessary, but it's one of the first things I look at when I
 download anything.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/2085>
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