doc/overview: Add a note about the GPL

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<emphasis>complete</emphasis> (bootable) filesystem trees. It
has no built-in knowledge of how a given filesystem tree was
generated or the origin of individual files, or dependencies,
descriptions of individual components.
descriptions of individual components. This means that, for
example, if you are distributing software which is licensed
under the GNU General Public License, the burden lies with the
tool generating these filesystem trees to ensure sufficent
metadata is included for compliance.
</para>
<para>
The OSTree core emphasizes replicating read-only OS trees via