> Now I have some questions about what I am allowed to do with this
> disk (licenses....).
Money is not an issue. What you must do is meet my requirements and the
various GPL/BSD/etc. requirements. The way I worded it in the FAQ is:
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* If you base something on it, use any of the scripts, distribute binaries or *
* libraries from it, or distribute customized versions of it: You must credit *
* tomsrtbt and include a pointer to http://www.toms.net/rb/ and [EMAIL PROTECTED], *
* and include this notice verbatim. Copyright Tom Oehser 1998. This notice in *
* no way supercedes or nullifies any other protections on the component parts *
* such as the BSD and GPL copyrights which apply to practically everything!!! *
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What it boils down to is,
(1) Anything based on any of my original work or using files I create must
say something like "This work is based on or uses stuff from tomsrtbt,
available from http://www.toms.net/rb/, by Tom Oehser, [EMAIL PROTECTED]".
This notice needs to be relatively although not burdensomely prominent.
(Meaning, a user must see it at some point in their installation and
use, but it doesn't have to be displayed every time they boot). This
condition includes using the structural concepts I created (such as
splitting the diskette into 3 sections, raw-gzip-bzip2) as well as any
files I generated (compiled binaries, scripts, libraries, manpages, etc.).
Inclusion of the above asterisk-bordered notice does not need to be
prominent, it is enough that it is there somewhere.
(2) By redistributing anything on my diskette that is GPL or BSD, etc., you
take on any burdens and requirements of that copyright. That is, say,
by including a compiled Gnu "ls" on tomsrtbt, I take on an obligation
under the terms of the GPL to make source code available to you if you
request it. In practice, in most cases, that means I can tell you where
to find it on Sunsite/Metalab if you have trouble. If you redistribute
my binaries and libraries, etc., I expect you to handle this completely.
In other words, I will not like it if I get a request saying "I need the
source code for Bob's handy dandy backup system, he said to talk to you".
I have enough GPL responsibility arising from my own distribution of it.
(3) You should read and understand the GPL itself before you redistribute it.
In other words,
(A) Don't use it without crediting me.
(B) Everything GPL etc. still applies.
-Tom
