common : add --license to display embedded licenses (#18696)

This commit introduces a mechanism to embed all licenses directly
into the compiled binaries.

This eliminates the need to distribute separate LICENSE files alongside
the executable, making the binaries self-contained and simplifying
deployment.

common/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -155,27 +155,3 @@ if (LLAMA_LLGUIDANCE)
 endif ()
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS} PUBLIC llama Threads::Threads)
-
-
-#
-# copy the license files
-#
-
-# Check if running in GitHub Actions
-if (DEFINED ENV{GITHUB_ACTIONS} AND "$ENV{GITHUB_ACTIONS}" STREQUAL "true")
-    message(STATUS "Running inside GitHub Actions - copying license files")
-
-    # Copy all files from licenses/ to build/bin/
-    file(GLOB LICENSE_FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/licenses/*")
-    foreach(LICENSE_FILE ${LICENSE_FILES})
-        get_filename_component(FILENAME ${LICENSE_FILE} NAME)
-        add_custom_command(
-            POST_BUILD
-            TARGET ${TARGET}
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-                "${LICENSE_FILE}"
-                "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:llama>/${FILENAME}"
-            COMMENT "Copying ${FILENAME} to ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
-        message(STATUS "Copying ${LICENSE_FILE} to ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${FILENAME}")
-    endforeach()
-endif()

common/arg.cpp

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 #include "chat.h"
 #include "common.h"
+#include "download.h"
 #include "json-schema-to-grammar.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "sampling.h"
-#include "download.h"
 #include "preset.h"
 
 // fix problem with std::min and std::max
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
 #define LLAMA_MAX_URL_LENGTH 2084 // Maximum URL Length in Chrome: 2083
 
+extern const char * LICENSES[];
+
 using json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
 using namespace common_arg_utils;
 
@@ -1030,6 +1032,16 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
             exit(0);
         }
     ));
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"--license"},
+        "show source code license and dependencies",
+        [](common_params &) {
+            for (int i = 0; LICENSES[i]; ++i) {
+                printf("%s\n", LICENSES[i]);
+            }
+            exit(0);
+        }
+    ));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-cl", "--cache-list"},
         "show list of models in cache",