[openbeos] Re: Haiku distro guidelines [was: Haiku VmwareBuild Environment]
- From: "Karl vom Dorff" <karl@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:02:58 -0400
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Jonathon Freeman <j_freeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Curtis wrote:
> > Jonathan wrote:
> > > Why not also provide a parameter to help make the required legal
> > > adjustments (About This System, etc.)? It seems
> > inconsistent to have a
> > > way to make the distro compatible but not have a way to make the
> > > distro legal.
> >
> > Well, I'm not sure how you can make it legal when he is
> > including additional GPL packages in his distribution and
> > then labeling the whole distro on his website as BSD/MIT.
>
> Well, I was referring to the trademark restrictions imposed by Haiku Inc.,
> not the copyrights of 3rd-party software that might find their way onto a
> 3rd-party distro.
>
> And to be fair to Karl, Haiku already includes GPL-licensed software
> (binutils, gdb, etc.) yet calls itself BSD/MIT. Not sure what that means
> legally, if anything, but if you're going to call out Karl you should also
> call out the project as well IMO.
>
Good point. At least I included a license (albeit incorrectly), Haiku-Files
(run by Haiku) doesn't on their website. As well for the packages... i.e:
Subversion <http://www.haiku-files.org/files/Subversion-1.1.3.pkg>
SSH <http://www.haiku-files.org/files/ssh-3.9-r5.pkg> [for
BONE<http://www.haiku-files.org/files/ssh-3.9-bone.pkg>
]
Dev Tools for BeOS R5 <http://www.bebits.com/app/2680> (replace GCC with
newer version below)
GCC compiler 2.95.3 <http://www.bebits.com/app/4011>
Jam Haiku build system tool <http://www.haiku-files.org/files/jam.zip>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jonathon
>
>
>
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Karl vom Dorff
B.Sc (Hons) Biology, (German minor)
http://www.karlvd.com
http://www.clubloreley.org
http://www.haikuware.com
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