On 09/08/16 01:23 AM, Akshat Kakkar wrote: > Hi All!I am builiding a firewall appliance based on CentOS. I am using CentOS > as it is with some packages removed and some configuration done to security > harden the appliance. Over and above this I will be installing Apache Web > Server and Tomcat to run my web application which will give a web interface > to configure the iptables in the appliance. There is no development done in > iptables. It is used as available in its latest version online. As Tomcat > will be running as non-root so it cant actually write the iptables rule. For > writing iptables rules I will be using C++ executables with SUID bit set.Once > this will be done, I am planning to Commercialise it. > Am I allowed to do so without revealing my web application code and the C++ > executable code (for iptables)? > I know all the CentOS packages, etc. might fall in GPL and as a result I > should be supplying source code of all the packages in CentOS. > > What else is expected from me? > Thanks.
You should really engage a corporate lawyer who can review CentOS's licenses/trademarks and advise your company on how to proceed. Anyone here providing advice is just that; Advice. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
