improve licensing

[distro-setup] / README

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@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+# I follow the GNU license recommendations,
+# https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html, which
+# recommends that small programs, < 300 lines, such those contained in
+# this file or related to this file, be licensed Apache License 2.0. Any
+# program which grows large enough, I will switch it 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.
+
 ~4k loc bash, configs for my computers
 
 Initial os install is also automated using a separate repo called
@@ -32,5 +52,8 @@ lots of things), and has things you don't want to backup. So, you could
 use a subdirectory. But typing /s is much faster than ~/s and in every
 root context, /home/username/s.
 
+The license of each file is specified in the header. There is no
+overarching license.
+
 Please email me if you have a patches, bugs, feedback, or republish this
 somewhere else: Ian Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>.