[openbeos] Re: Haiku distro guidelines [was: Haiku Vmware Build Environment]
- From: "Karl vom Dorff" <karl@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:25:04 -0400
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:16 PM, François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > "Please include the following disclaimers in a conspicuous place in
> > your
> > website, your AboutSystem version, and the documentation of your
> > distribution:
> >
> > <DISTRO NAME> is based on Haiku, but it is not the official
> > distribution
> > from the Haiku Project. For information about the official Haiku
> > project,
> > please visit http://haiku-os.org.
> >
> > <DISTRIBUTOR NAME> is not associated with the Haiku project. To
> > obtain
> > support for <DISTRO NAME>, please contact <DISTRO SUPPORT INFO>."
> >
> > Pay attention to the 'about system' part. Apparently that means
> > removing
> > 'Haiku' (in green) from the about application and replacing it with
> > your
> > distro name... And then it would look foolish to have *distroname
> > copyright
> > Haiku and a link to Haiku's website which is what you're trying to
> > avoid in
> > the first place I take it...
> >
>
> We might want to add code to AboutSystem to first read a
> DISTRO:COPYRIGHTS resource and prepend that to the text in the source
> code
> That would allow one to create his distro without changing the source
> code but just using the AddResources rule in a jamfile.
Yes, it would be cool if there would be an easy way to adjust those three
things in 'AboutSystem' (and write some instructions on Haiku's site):
1) the green 'Haiku'
2) the copyright info
3) the weblink...
While we're on the topic, the bootscreen logo also requires adjusting the
source code... so #4.. hehe.
Those are four things that would definitely distance Haiku from distros.
Maybe I should create a ticket?
>
>
> François.
>
>
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Karl vom Dorff
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