Really helpful. Thanks for your guidelines. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Kapil Hari Paranjape <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello, > > Since there was a big thread on the FOSS Lab server, on BOSS before > that, and because of my experience with the Linpus Lite on Acer Aspire > One, I have formulated some guidelines. (There are similar pages > for the Fedora Spins and for Debian Pure Blends; see the links on > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends). > > If you are creating your own FOSS distributions (in order to > distribute to others!) here are some guidelines: > > 1. All distributions involve some amount of configuration and > customisation. Decide on a license for the distribution of this c&c > work (your work!), and ensure that it is compatible with everything > else which you are distributing. (Typically, GPL v2 or v3 should be > fine). > > 2. Every bit of software (and this includes documentation!) will have > bugs (which can include features desired by users but not yet > present). So be prepared to provide support (bug lists, mailing lists > etc.) for your distribution and (eventually) updates for the software > which you wrote. > > 3. A substantial part of your distribution will be based on the work > of other developers. Do not forget to give credit where it is due. > There are places where such attribution is not required legally but > you should act in a manner which is morally correct. > > 4. You may decide to include, as part of your distribution, large > amounts of documentation or other packaged software _as_ data. Ensure > that you have a license to distribute this material as is. > > 5. You may decide to bundle your distribution along with certain > hardware for which the software is customised. It should be possible > for anyone to obtain the software without purchasing the hardware. > > As a customiser and distributor of FOSS you are doing a service to > the community at large. This is greatly appreciated by everyone; no > contribution is too small! The above guidelines are meant to ensure > that you will not lead your users astray by accident. > > Regards, > > Kapil. > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > -- Saravanan Sundaramoorthy Red Hat Certified Engineer +91 99404 32545 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
