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Copyright 2020 Nathan Fisher <nfisher.sr@gmail.com>
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The build tree for HitchHiker Linux is released to the public under the
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terms of the standard BEERWARE license (see LICENSE.BEERWARE). Portions
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of the source code are imported from external sources and retain their
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original license as shown in each relevant subdirectory.
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The build tree fetches and installs a large amount of software released
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under the terms of the GPL and LGPL licenses (see LICENSE.GPL3 and
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LICENSE.LGPL3 respectively). Such source code is not imported directly
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into the build tree and retains the terms of it's original license.
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It is believed by the project (HitchHiker Linux) that all of the above
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referenced licenses came to being in order to grant the end user greater
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freedom of choice in what software runs on their computing devices. It
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can be easily demonstrated that at times licensing issues have kept BSD
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and GPL licensed code seperate and in so doing have not served the needs
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of the users.
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The moment a free software license becomes an impediment to using the
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code in the way in which the user wants to, the license is in effect
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subverting itself and it's intended purpose.
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What this means is that the project (HitchHiker Linux), while intending
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to comply so far as possible with licensing terms, will use all freely
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available code irrespective of free software license variety. It also
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means that so far as the code developed by the project itself, please
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just do what you want with it, so long as credit is given.
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