Re: [CentOS] Possible CentsOS licensing issue

2009-02-12 Thread Michael A. Peters
Puneet Goel wrote:
 Dear Friends,
 
 I have few questions.
 
 1. I have a device on which I have installed CentOS 5.2 as an operating 
 system. Now I want to sell this device. Will there be any issue ?

No issues.
You can sell GPL software. In fact that's part of the freedom GPL 
guarantees.

You do need to the source code of GPS apps available (including any mods 
you made) to anyone you distribute it to, but you can sell it.

There may be a trademark issue - I can't speak to that, but I doubt you 
will have any problems is you did not alter the install.

Linux CD's (including CentOS) are sold all the time.
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[CentOS] Possible CentsOS licensing issue

2009-02-11 Thread Puneet Goel
Dear Friends,

I have few questions.

1. I have a device on which I have installed CentOS 5.2 as an operating
system. Now I want to sell this device. Will there be any issue ?

points to keep in mind:

a. There are no changes in OS. (it is just a stripped down image of original
OS)
b. I have installed few generic user space applications of my own installed
in that OS.


I do not want to violate GPL or any other licenses. That's why to make sure
I want to confim from you folks.

Thanks
Puneet
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Re: [CentOS] Possible CentsOS licensing issue

2009-02-11 Thread John

Puneet Goel puneet.maill...@gmail.com 
schreef in bericht 
news:4b08f1290902110258i53788379gdfc266c2359a7...@mail.gmail.com...
Dear Friends,
I have few questions.
1. I have a device on which I have installed CentOS 5.2 as an operating 
system. Now I want to sell this device. Will there be any issue ?
points to keep in mind:
a. There are no changes in OS. (it is just a stripped down image of original 
OS)
b. I have installed few generic user space applications of my own installed 
in that OS.

I do not want to violate GPL or any other licenses. That's why to make sure 
I want to confim from you folks.
Thanks
Puneet



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Hi,


IMHO, if I understand the GPL lic correctly, in general you may ask what you 
want, but you MUST provide ALL sources including your modified and or added 
applications, and include no other lic restrictions than the GPL lic itself.

If you want to keep you apps closed source, than you should consult a GPL 
specialist layer. It makes a difference how the application is build and or 
linked against other libs.

Can anyone confirm or improve the above 2 liner statement?

Recent GPL lic disputes all boilled down to not providing the (modified) 
sources

John 



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Re: [CentOS] Possible CentsOS licensing issue

2009-02-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
It would be very helpful if you could tell your OE to use quoting () 
instead of just clutching your reply below the original without any 
distinction. I know that it can do this.

Kai

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Re: [CentOS] Possible CentsOS licensing issue

2009-02-11 Thread John

Kai Schaetzl mailli...@conactive.com schreef 
in bericht news:va.36b6.012f5...@news.conactive.com...
It would be very helpful if you could tell your OE to use quoting ()
instead of just clutching your reply below the original without any
distinction. I know that it can do this.

Kai

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Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com

It normally does, but the orriginal message is in HTML, so when the reply 
was ready, OE complained that the message was in HTML and recomended to 
convert it to text format, what I did. There the  went lost. I missed that.

John



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Re: [CentOS] Possible CentsOS licensing issue

2009-02-11 Thread John
 It would be very helpful if you could tell your OE to use quoting ()
 instead of just clutching your reply below the original without any
 distinction. I know that it can do this.

 Kai

 It normally does, but the orriginal message is in HTML, so when the reply 
 was ready, OE complained that the message was in HTML and recomended to 
 convert it to text format, what I did. There the  went lost. I missed 
 that.

 John

I have no idea why it in previous post failed and now worked.





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Re: [CentOS] Possible CentsOS licensing issue

2009-02-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
John wrote on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:45:46 +0100:

 I have no idea why it in previous post failed and now worked.

That is certainly somewhat better, thanks :-)

  It normally does, but the orriginal message is in HTML, so when the reply 
  was ready, OE complained that the message was in HTML and recomended to 
  convert it to text format, what I did. There the  went lost. I missed 
  that.

You have to tell your OE to *not* answer in the format of the message, but 
always reply in plain text. Then you won't get this problem. I think.

Kai

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