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List:       haiku-bugs
Subject:    [haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #12523: Haiku Package Licenses
From:       "michel" <trac () haiku-os ! org>
Date:       2015-12-28 7:32:43
Message-ID: 060.28f9f564da61410a5ad47e5d52aea183 () haiku-os ! org
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#12523: Haiku Package Licenses
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   Reporter:  lelldorin                |      Owner:  stippi
       Type:  enhancement              |     Status:  closed
   Priority:  low                      |  Milestone:  Unscheduled
  Component:  Applications/HaikuDepot  |    Version:  R1/Development
 Resolution:  no change required       |   Keywords:  pkgman, hpkg
 Blocked By:                           |   Blocking:
Has a Patch:  0                        |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by michel):

 Lelldorin is right: many old BeOS apps date from a time before we all
 became obsessed with licenses and contain only an executable.

 If source code is supplied, one can also scan the comments in there.
 sometimes you will find something there.

 If all else fails, I have been doing the following:

 If there is no source code and nothing in the README, I create a custom
 license as Pulkomandy describes above that contains the following words:
 "In the absence of evidence to the contrary, foobar is regarded as
 copyrighted freeware"

 IANAL, but I believe that should give us 3rd-party packagers legal cover.
 In the very unlikely event that the original author sends me a cease-and-
 desist letter, I can always pull the app from my repo.

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/12523#comment:3>
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