Re: Preinstall slightly modified Debian on laptops for sale
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 12:56:31PM +, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Preinstall slightly modified Debian on laptops for
> sale"):
> > Kumar Appaiah writes ("Preinstall slightly modified Debian on laptops for
> > sale"):
> > > I am working with a team that is working on a low-cost laptop that
> > > would be GNU/Linux based. When it comes to choice of distribution that
> > > would be preinstalled on the laptop, Debian is among them. In this
> > > context, please let me know the following:
>
> I should say that the legal aspects of my answer are not specific to
> Debian.
>
> And it remains that your users would be better off with a kernel from
> their distro, whatever that distro is.
Thanks for the perspectives, Ian. I guess that we would have to
maintain the kernel separately till this becomes upstream. I will
figure out the other aspects at my end.
Kumar
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Linux is obsolete
(Andrew Tanenbaum)
Preinstall slightly modified Debian on laptops for sale
Dear Debian Legal, I am working with a team that is working on a low-cost laptop that would be GNU/Linux based. When it comes to choice of distribution that would be preinstalled on the laptop, Debian is among them. In this context, please let me know the following: - Do I need someone's permission to sell the laptop with Debian GNU/Linux preinstalled? - Since the laptop is Cherry Trail based, some extra drivers and modules are needed for sound and wifi, thereby requiring a custom kernel. If I bundle a custom kernel (with legally freely redistributable files), can I still go ahead and redistribute this custom version without permission? Note that this is the only modification to stock "stretch". Thanks. Kumar -- It's now the GNU Emacs of all terminal emulators. -- Linus Torvalds, regarding the fact that Linux started off as a terminal emulator
A license question
(Please CC me, I am not on this list) Dear Debian Legal, Could you please comment on whether this license is DFSG compliant or not? I am actually packaging JFTP, and it uses some small GIF images released like this: COPYRIGHT: All images and icons Copyright(C) 1998 Dean S. Jones readme: This is a quick page to preview the icons I am creating for some of my Java(TM) programs. You are free to use them in your programs, but I am retaining Copyright, and they can not be used in any books, CD-ROM's, Web pages, or any other form of image collection without my consent. I ask that if you do use them to drop me some e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED], also, if a screen shot of your application using these icons is available I will add a link to it from this page. I would please me greatly if you would add a little blurb in something like a ``Help about..'' screen like: Icons Copyright(C) 1998 by Dean S. Jones Note that it is used in JFTP, which is a program, so I guess it might be OK. But it doesn't say anything about the modification/redistributability. It'd be sad if this license discounts JFTP from entering main, but I wanted your view for sure. Thanks! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: JFTP icon freeness (Was: A license question)
On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 11:44:20AM -0600, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: Looking at JFTP, it looks like this only applies to some of the icons, not all of them. The easiest thing to do might be to ask the author to please relicense the icons under a free software license. Thanks for the tip. Actually, the author himself has used someone else's icons. So, I have requested him to consider shifting or getting the license liberalized. Thanks again! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
