[haiku-web] [Haiku] #2085: Add licenses to Haiku
- From: "Haiku" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:50:33 -0000
#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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