On 02/10/2013 12:02 AM, bofh wrote:
Why not make it a ports/package then?
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Crookedmaze<themazed...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 02/09/2013 06:53 PM, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote:
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 11:46:58AM -0600, Crookedmaze wrote:
Hello Everyone!,
I am creating an OpenBSD Spin-off and have a question about what the
rules are regarding doing something like this. I have looked at the
OpenBSD copyright page and it looks like doing so would be alright
but I would like to be sure that what I am doing is alright. I
do not necessarily aim to create a new OpenBSD based operating system
what I plan to do is to create my own spin-off off OpenBSD that comes
configured to function as a server for a game called "Minecraft",
and comes with things like OpenJDK (required to run Minecraft), but it
will still be OpenBSD it will just have a slightly different default
configuration. Would the people using my spin-off be allowed to use
the OpenBSD package repositories to install packages and update them.
What I am trying to do is setup an OpenBSD spin-off that is setup to be a
secure Minecraft server, because right now many of the people who setup
Minecraft servers in their home run their servers on their personal
computers using Windows 7 or Vista and the server is usually running
as the administrative user. So what I would like to do is distribute
an OpenBSD Spin-off that is configured as a Minecraft server
that these people who are not very skilled can use (It will be highly
scripted and automated) and can run in Virtualbox or can be installed
on a dedicated server, I know this won't be as secure as a managed
server and I also know that security is a process not something you can
download but my goal is to setup something that will hopefully be more
secure than what most people are doing right now I am also doing this
because hopefully if people were to start using my Spin-Off of OpenBSD
then maybe more people will take an interest in OpenBSD.
Please let me know if this would be an OK thing to do. Also
feel free to comment on my idea and let me know what you think!
P.S. This is the first time I have ever posted to the OpenBSD misc
mailing list I have done my best to conform to the OpenBSD Mailing list
Netiquette guidelines, but please let me know if I have
done something incorrectly,
Sincerely,
Crookedmaze
The licenses of OpenBSD *base* allow you to distribute appliances but
you should check the licenses of each package included in your project.
Cheers.
Thanks for replying guys! Nicolai thank you for suggesting that I write
a shell script instead I think that is a great idea and I think that is
what I will do instead. Also Christopher now that I think about it I
think the daemon actually runs as a reduced user, I think earlier I was
thinking of the administrative user on Windows as the root user on BSD
in that all programs launched as that user run as admin but now that
I think about it I think in order to run a program as administrator
you need to right click and click run as administrator. Stefan I was
thinking about doing that but now I am leaning towards a shell script
that configures the server how it needs to be configured
(automatic updates chrooted sftp backup cronjobs etc.) I think this way
it will be a lot simpler and easier to transfer between using my OpenBSD
spin-off from release to release. Chris I have ended up deciding to
distribute my spin off as a shell script that you can run post OpenBSD
install so if you can install OpenBSD on a USB drive normally then
you should be able to. Juan thanks for letting me know that I can
redistribute*base* that will be good to know in the future.
I would like to thank all of your for taking the time
to reply to my question.
That's a great idea Bofh, I'll have to look into that.
