[openbeos] Re: Haiku distro guidelines [was: Haiku VmwareBuild Environment]

  • From: "Karl vom Dorff" <karl@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:49:24 -0400

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Jorge G. Mare (aka Koki) <
koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Karl vom Dorff wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Jorge G. Mare (aka Koki)
> > <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Karl,
> >
> >     Karl vom Dorff wrote:
> >     > Just thought of something... With regards to the 'Haiku Distro
> >     > Guidelines' it should also mention that you should adjust the
> >     license
> >     > in the 'installer' application...
> >
> >     Not talking from a distro perspective, but rather from a Haiku one:
> do
> >     we really need to display an EULA from the installer? (/me wonders
> >     what
> >     is there to agree or disagree with...)
> >
> >
> > I was talking from a distro perspective because I'm sure Haiku doesn't
> > want to be responsible for other distros, and by default, a Haiku Inc.
> > EULA is included with the installer app...
>
> Haiku will always show whatever is needed/appropriate for its own
> distribution. That our EULA is included by default obviously does not
> mean that third party distro makers can use it verbatim.
>
> If a third party wants to make a Haiku-based distro, it will be their
> burden/responsibility to draft their own EULA and make sure that it
> meets their requirements, including all legal aspects. This is a given.


Call it what you want, it should still be in the guideline IMO.

>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Koki
>
>
>


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Karl vom Dorff
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