Re: [Dorset] Redistributing binary firmware with a custom live disk
Hi Hamish, > For a custom live disk I'm making for Disk Verifier (commercial > program I showed some of you before at the pub), I need to ship some > proprietary display drivers (eg amdgpu). All of the ones I've looked > at allow redistribution (under some other terms I can comply with eg > not decompiling), but I am unsure how to license the final disk image, > or what license statement to use if any - most of the software is GPL. Definitely make some licence statement for the ISO prominent. As you've seen, one size doesn't fit all. I'd look at ISOs that are big almagamations from other major outfits for examples. I'd expect an explanation that many different licences cover the parts, and where to find them. /usr/share/licenses is pretty chocker here. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-04-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Redistributing binary firmware with a custom live disk
Hi Hamish, On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:04:55 +, Hamish MB wrote: > I am unsure how to license the final disk image, or what license > statement to use if any - most of the software is GPL. If the disk image is to contain software with incompatible licenses, then clearly you cannot use one license to cover the entire image. It would either violate the license for the proprietary display drivers by being too permissive, or it would violate the GPL by being too restrictive. So, I think the solution must entail a listing of multiple licenses with an indication that each applies to a particular subset of the distribution. IANAL. This is not legal advice! Patrick -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-04-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
[Dorset] Redistributing binary firmware with a custom live disk
Hi all, For a custom live disk I'm making for Disk Verifier (commercial program I showed some of you before at the pub), I need to ship some proprietary display drivers (eg amdgpu). All of the ones I've looked at allow redistribution (under some other terms I can comply with eg not decompiling), but I am unsure how to license the final disk image, or what license statement to use if any - most of the software is GPL. Any ideas? Hamish -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-04-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
