From dc84a744bf65b3a37747aefeece3794cb8bf5bf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Hill <ahill@breadpudding.dev>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:08:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adding a visual presentation of licensing

---
 README.md      |  2 ++
 licensebar.sh  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 licensebar.svg |  9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 licensebar.sh
 create mode 100644 licensebar.svg

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b248c1..c9ee01f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ While it may sound too good to be true, that's because it is. Maple Linux does n
 
 Maple Linux is built upon software created by various developers, and is distributed under various licenses as a result. While it isn't one of the main goals of the system, especially since Linux itself is copyleft, I aim to create an operating system that's as free as I can reasonably make it.
 
+![Licensing Summary](licensebar.svg)
+
 | Software                      | Copyright Holder                                    | License                                                                                | Alignment          |
 | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
 | Autoconf                      | Free Software Foundation, Inc.                      | GNU General Public License version 3                                                   | Copyleft           |
diff --git a/licensebar.sh b/licensebar.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3932527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licensebar.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# Usage: ./licensebar.sh <copyleft count> <slightly copyleft count> <free count> <mixed count> <slightly copyright count> <copyright count>
+# Yes, this is cursed, but it was the simplest way I could think of automating this. ~ahill
+BAR_BORDER=3
+BAR_HEIGHT=16
+BAR_TOTAL=$(expr $1 + $2 + $3 + $4 + $5 + $6)
+BAR_WIDTH=1024
+
+BAR_END=$(expr $BAR_WIDTH - $BAR_BORDER)
+BAR_INNER=$(expr $BAR_WIDTH - \( 2 \* $BAR_BORDER \))
+BAR_OFFSET=$BAR_BORDER
+
+render_segment() {
+    size=$(printf %.0f $(echo "($BAR_INNER / $BAR_TOTAL) * $2" | bc -l))
+    echo "<rect fill=\"$1\" height=\"$(expr $BAR_HEIGHT - \( 2 \* $BAR_BORDER \))\" width=\"$size\" x=\"$BAR_OFFSET\" y=\"$BAR_BORDER\" />"
+    BAR_OFFSET=$(expr $BAR_OFFSET + $size)
+}
+
+echo "<svg height=\"$BAR_HEIGHT\" version=\"1.1\" width=\"$BAR_WIDTH\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\">"
+echo "<rect fill=\"black\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\" />"
+
+render_segment blue $1
+render_segment cornflowerblue $2
+render_segment white $3
+render_segment mediumpurple $4
+render_segment indianred $5
+render_segment crimson $6
+
+echo "</svg>"
diff --git a/licensebar.svg b/licensebar.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a84617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licensebar.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<svg height="16" version="1.1" width="1024" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<rect fill="black" height="100%" width="100%" />
+<rect fill="blue" height="10" width="545" x="3" y="3" />
+<rect fill="cornflowerblue" height="10" width="95" x="548" y="3" />
+<rect fill="white" height="10" width="355" x="643" y="3" />
+<rect fill="mediumpurple" height="10" width="0" x="998" y="3" />
+<rect fill="indianred" height="10" width="24" x="998" y="3" />
+<rect fill="crimson" height="10" width="0" x="1022" y="3" />
+</svg>