-------- Original Message -------- > From: Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] create a stripped version > > On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 11:26 -0700, meandean wrote:
> > I am going to do a stripped version of gnewsense that will only include a > > basic gnome install and not much else. > > Cool. Is this for low resource systems? If you want it to be. ;) It will probably be as 'low resource' as a gnome system can get - although I did not specifically make any gconf tweaks to try and make gnome/nautilus use even less resources. I would actually consider it more of a roll-your-own-gnome-based-system. Personally, I like gnome but do not like a lot of heavy apps and I do not like having things installed that I do not use. So that really is the motivation for it. > It expect can be offical *if*: > - it builds using builder > - stays free > - is named gNewSense-<some defining bit here> > > Note thats not authoritive, just 'i suspect' Builder is overkill for this purpose IMO. How about a simple customization (remaster) of the official ISO? Yes it stays free - nothing added only removed! If they could be official builds and be hosted by gnewsense then I would be happy to dedicate a good amount of time to doing this. I would gladly create some other slim versions of gNewSense with different desktops. > > or if I need to be sure to acknowledge that it is a unofficial ISO? > > Until it becomes official it would be good if you could be clear its > unoffical :) Will do! I hope it is alright to use the gnewsense artwork and even the name as long as I make it clear it is an 'unofficial gNewSense deltah' on the isolinux splash screen. I wonder if custom unofficial builds could/should be listed on the gnewsense download page under a UNOFFICIAL BUILD heading with a description that explains the difference. Having some custom builds (official or unofficial) would provide some choice if nothing else. > > Also, does gnewsense have any policy/guidelines about unofficial ISOs? > > Not per se, although i'm happy to work with you on some. Not sure I am the guy for the job. Seems to me the only thing that could be a issue would be use of the gnewsense name, logo, and artwork. So a policy that covers when and how you are allowed to use the name/logo/artwork and besides that ask for some consideration in regards to making it clear it is an unofficial version. Some ideas: Ask that the build is designated by the codename and not the release number - no confusion about it being a actual release. Ask that the word UNOFFICIAL be displayed on the isolinux splash screen that is shown when someone boots the cd - no way for anyone to miss that. Maybe require that usage of the name/logo/artwork is restricted to images containing only free software. Thanks for the info/feedback meandean ps - Should have the ISO done in the next twelve hours or so. _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
