Re: Commercial Use and Source Code

2019-07-19 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Hi Aron, On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 01:56:14PM -0400, Aron Reman wrote: >Hi, >Thank you for the response. I just wanted some clarification. Under the >Debian license, I do not have to release source code as long as I am >writing my source code on top of the existing system correct?

Re: Commercial Use and Source Code

2019-07-19 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Le 19/07/2019 à 19:56, Aron Reman a écrit : Hi, Thank you for the response. I just wanted some clarification. Under the Debian license, I do not have to release source code as long as I am writing my source code on top of the existing system correct? As in, I I think yes, note Debian has

Re: Commercial Use and Source Code

2019-07-19 Thread Aron Reman
Hi, Thank you for the response. I just wanted some clarification. Under the Debian license, I do not have to release source code as long as I am writing my source code on top of the existing system correct? As in, I am writing C/C++ code and running it on a Debian OS, which will be on my product

Re: Commercial Use and Source Code

2019-07-19 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Hi, The first thing I think is tat you do not have to publish your code. Free software requests you to let the user free with your source, not you to work publicly. A code may be free if you give the user the source and all the freedoms. About your project, it depends on what programs you

Commercial Use and Source Code

2019-07-19 Thread Aron Reman
Hi Debian Legal, I am developing an embedded system for a commercial application that is running a Debian based OS. I am developing C/C++ code that is running in the user space and am wondering, am I able to distribute my system without giving up my source code? At what point do I need to make my