Gerard Beekmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> On February 21, 2005 03:02 am, Bluesheet wrote: >> 1/ If I using 100% LFS to be my linux system of my product, do I need >> LFS license problem to sell my product? > > If you use LFS to create your own product the least you should do is > give this project credit for it. > >> 3/ If I following the LFS book to build but didn't use the LFS >> packages, that I download all the source from GNU and I make some >> scripts by myself, do I need LFS license to sell my product? > > The packages we use are almost all GNU packages. Most all packages are > GPL licensed and not licensed by LFS itself. You will need to check > every individual package's license to see what they require of you. > >> 4/ If I using 100% LFS packages to build my linux system, but I erase >> all the name of "LFS" and "linuxfromscratch.org" inside the code and >> source, do I need LFS license to sell my product? > > LFS' BSD license only applies to the book and the methodology we > employ to build a system. If you use our book to build your system, > you should mention this somewhere. It is the right and honorable thing > to do, after all. > > The actual software is from their respective owners. You can't take > Glibc and remove its GPL license for example, unless you modify it as > your own version of Glibc. Again check the licenses to see how this > work. Not every package is the same. > Note there are some LFS specific packages (bootscripts is one that comes to mind) and also the LFS created patches. These may need consideration as to the license. -- - Steve Crosby -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
