This distribution was build using open source software and the catalyst [1] release-building tool. For details on the catalyst configuration used for this release, see [2]. The packaged projects are distributed under a variety of licenses, and were installed using metadata from Gentoo's Portage tree [3] and source from Gentoo's mirrors [4]. The full Portage tree is not distributed with this release due to size constraints on the release media, but you can download a snapshot from the Gentoo mirrors directly or by using [5]: $ emerge-webrsync To find the license of a particular installed package, use: $ portageq metadata / installed LICENSE For example: $ portageq metadata / installed dev-lang/python-3.2.3 LICENSE PSF-2 The license test is listed in the Portage tree [6], for example [7]. For a listing of all the licenses used by all packages, run: $ equery-licenses [1]: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/ [2]: http://blog.tremily.us/posts/catalyst/ [3]: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/ [4]: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml [5]: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6#doc_chap2 [7]: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/licenses/ [8]: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/licenses/PSF-2?view=markup