From what i recall, Haiku has been particularly particular with allowing people to promote or distribute "Haiku" cd's... even when those people are representing Haiku at a public event. imVHo, using the title, "Haiku Bootable Alpha Test CD" has two vices against it.. Using "Haiku" and the word *everyone* has been waiting to hear: "Alpha" at least call it "Pre-Alpha" or "Unofficial Pre-Alpha CD". mmadia On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Karl vom Dorff <karl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I've submitted a bootable test CD at Haikuware and have had a lot of > comments about it. Some for, and some against. > > I take the side that the software might be good for developers who don't > want to bother setting up a build environment, download the entire source, > and then compile it and figure out why there's isn't an *.iso etc. They just > burn it, test it, and maybe as a result submit patches or fixes to Haiku. > Or, maybe users might have the same issue, and later submit bug reports or > add their hardware to our hardware database. > > The other side is that Haiku should release a demo CD when Haiku is ready > because it might give a false impression to users/critics. > > I believe I've read and understood the BSD/MIT license correctly, and it > says that the software can be freely distributed/altered etc. but I don't > want to cause any rifts. So, I'd like to know how the developers feel. I can > easily remove the software if suggested/required. > > >