Disk images can include license agreements, which are displayed to the user whenever the image is mounted. DropDMG lets you define multiple license agreements ahead of time. Each agreement may be localized into multiple languages. You can choose which agreement (if any) to include with an image. When you make an image, DropDMG will add that agreement, and all its localizations, to the image file.
To manage your license agreements, choose Show Agreements from the License Agreements menu. This opens the License Agreements window, which displays the agreements and localizations you have defined. The license agreements are automatically saved in DropDMG’s preferences file.
To make a new license agreement, choose Add Agreement… from the License Agreements menu. The created agreement will be empty. You can rename it by double-clicking the agreement’s name. In order to type the text of the agreement, use Add Language… from the License Agreements menu. This creates an entry in the License Agreements window for a new localized variant. Note that only the English variant will be displayed on Mac OS 9.
To edit the text of an agreement, double-click on one of its languages in the License Agreements window. This opens an editing window where you can type. You can view and edit multiple localizations at once, if you want. The Edit menu contains commands for checking spelling and text-to-speech.
License agreements can use multiple fonts, sizes, and styles of text. Beware, however, of using fonts that are not built into Mac OS X, for the license agreement will look different if the user does not have the fonts installed. Secondly, note that “synthetic” font traits will not be preserved. A synthetic trait is a style for which you do not have a font. For instance, Mac OS X ships with normal and bold variants of Lucida. Both of these work fine in license agreements. DropDMG will also let you create a license agreement using italic Lucida, where the operating system synthesizes Lucida Italic from regular Lucida, but the italic style will not be displayed when the image is mounted.
Due to limitations of the .dmg format, images containing an extremely large number of files cannot have license agreements.