consistent license, various updates

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-Build and install misc software
+# I, Ian Kelling, follow the GNU license recommendations at
+# https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html. They
+# recommend that small programs, < 300 lines, be licensed under the
+# Apache License 2.0. This file contains or is part of one or more small
+# programs. If a small program grows beyond 300 lines, I plan to switch
+# its license to GPL.
+
+# Copyright 2024 Ian Kelling
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+The following is the GNU All-permissive License as recommended in
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html>
+
+Copyright (C) 2024 Ian Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>
+
+Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
+without any warranty.
+
+Ian's scripts to build and install misc software
+
+Most of these are not in use and may have bitrotted, grep -r my
+distro-setup repo for the ones that are.
 
 Please email me if you have a patches, bugs, feedback, or republish this
 somewhere else: Ian Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>.