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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Boot CD and terms of use
From:       "Oliver Schneider" <Borbarad () gmxpro ! net>
Date:       2009-03-15 20:33:23
Message-ID: 20090315203323.175590 () gmx ! net
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> If I were you I'd take a existing live CD you think is closest to what
> you need and modify that, learning the tools they use to build it also
> the way.
Okay, sounds sensible.

> This list is not a legal professional.  Your company needs to be asking
> these questions to a lawyer.
Of course not and I am aware of the fact that any advice given here wouldn't be \
"binding" anyway.

> IANAL and TINLA, but you will probably only need to provide source for 
> software that appears on the image that was licensed to your company
> under the LGPL or GPL.  Those licenses give a number of options for how
> you can satisfy the requirement to provide source.
Well, as far as I know a "pointer" (e.g. hyper link) to the source is sufficient \
unless it's a modified version of the GPL'd product. Also, we could for example offer \
a download of all source DEBs from our customer zone as well. This is kind of \
pointless though, because it would make more sense to offer the tools (scripts) to \
create the image and have those tools use an existing installation of Etch or Lenny, \
for example.

> The image itself is generally not considered a derivative work of the
> tools used to build it, so you aren't constrained by their license.  The
> image is generally considered a "mere aggregation" of the software it
> contains so it as a whole is not covered by their licenses or vice-versa.
Oh, that's interesting. Guess I'll ask my boss to get a lawyer into this :)


Thanks for your comments,

// Oliver


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