[openbeos] Re: Haiku distro guidelines [was: Haiku VmwareBuild Environment]
- From: "Jonathon Freeman" <j_freeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:54:06 -0500
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.
Regards,
Jonathon
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