On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:49 PM, AndrewTaneGlen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone have a clear picture on the legalities of using the Ubuntu > rootfs with a custom kernel, as RobertCNelson's build system provides, in a > commercial application (effectively a headless remote server)? > > The Canonical site (http://www.canonical.com/intellectual-property-policy) > has this to say: > > "Any redistribution of modified versions of Ubuntu must be approved, > certified or provided by Canonical if you are going to associate it with the > Trademarks. Otherwise you must remove and replace the Trademarks and will > need to recompile the source code to create your own binaries. This does not > affect your rights under any open source licence applicable to any of the > components of Ubuntu." > > From this I take it that I cannot use the Ubuntu name anywhere on my product > plain and simple. It also states that I have to 'recompile the source code' > to create my own binaries. Does this mean I have to recompile every single > package I have installed, or would this just apply to those specific to > ubuntu, i.e. not those relating to projects undertaken outside of Canonical? > > If anyone has a clearer picture of this I'd be grateful to hear it.
First, IANAL.. So you really asking the wrong group of people... Looking around there is a few commercial projects that are shipping devices with ubuntu on them. However MOST do not mention ANYWHERE they are running ubuntu. Until you dig down into the provided gpl source, then it becomes obvious. Of course obviously if you name your product "ubuntu xyz" Canoncial is probably not going to be happy.. Anyways, talk to a lawyer.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
