Thanks Daniel for the quick and helpfull response. The business focus will be the course, and the image is only a way of having all the students begin the lessons from the same starting point.
Thanks again for your help, sincerelly, Borja On Fri, May 19, 2023, 19:07 Daniel Hakimi <dan.j.hak...@gmail.com> wrote: > As long as you comply with the GPL, this is perfectly acceptable. Note > that this includes making source code available and allowing licensees to > redistribute your OS freely, so charging for your version might not be the > most effective way go make money—I could just throw up an iso torrent for > free—but it could work. > > RedHat, for example, charges for RHEL (packaged with support). CentOS was > a famous fork that originally only changed trademarkable features (names > and logos) and charged one vent per copy. This didn't stop RedHat from > becoming a profitable venture, of course. > > On Fri, May 19, 2023, 12:51 Borja Sanchez <borja.sanchez.leir...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Debian Project Team, >> >> My name is Borja Sanchez, writting from Spain. I am currently planning to >> run a paid course where I will distribute a modified version of Debian, >> rebranded and renamed. This software will be offered at no extra cost as >> part of the course materials. >> >> In addition to this, I wish to inform you that I am also considering >> charging a fee for this customized software in the future, separate from >> the course fees. >> >> The custom OS version will be built from the latest Debian stable >> version, by running a live-build process to build a ISO image with custom >> packages, scripts, assests pre-installed. >> >> With these points in mind, I have two key questions: >> >> 1. I would like to confirm that these proposed actions comply with the >> GPL's guidelines and Debian's policies. >> >> >> 2. I am interested to know if there are any other considerations, >> requirements, or permissions I should be aware of before proceeding with >> this plan. >> >> >> Your expert advice and guidance on this matter would be greatly >> appreciated. I value your work and aim to respect the open-source >> principles that Debian upholds. >> >> Thank you for your time. I look forward to your response. >> >> Best regards, >> Borja Sanchez >> >>
