doc: Mention the issue of LLM licenses.

* gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi (Installing an LLM): Discuss LLM license and
size.
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a Large Language Model execution engine that is Free Software is
@samp{ollama}, that can be downloaded from @url{https://ollama.com/}.
Next, you will need to pick a Large Language Model.
There are two properties to watch out for:
@itemize @bullet
@item
The license under which the LLM is released.
While some LLMs are under a Free Software license
(most often the Apache 2.0 license)
and are thus ``open weights'' models
(see @url{https://opensource.org/ai/open-weights}),
others have licenses with usage restrictions.
@item
The size of the LLM.
Generally, it should be smaller than the available RAM size
of your machine on which you will run the LLM execution engine.
@end itemize
Together with an LLM of reasonable quality,
such as the model @code{ministral-3:14b},
the system requirements are as follows: