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  • Re: Request about Debian License

    From Danial Behzadi@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 6 11:40:01 2024
    Hey,

    AFAIK you can use Debian freely as far as:
    1. you advertise it as a Debian based OS.
    2. you provide sources to all changes in Debian with the same license
    as Debian.

    در سه‌شنبه, فوریه 6 2024 at ۱۹:۰۳:۴۱ +09:00:00,
    Jiyoung Wee <jywee0922@gmail.com> نوشته بود:
    Hello, Team,

    I have a request about Debian License Policy.

    This is our case.
    1. For the OS for our appliance product, we use "A" OS(tentative
    name).
    2. "A" OS is based on Debian OS.
    3. We only modify "lsb_release" information so that the OS name,"A"
    OS, shows instead of Debian OS when commanded.
    4. We install PSU, RAID, NIC drivers on the OS.
    5. Other than that, we do not customize Debian OS.
    6. We sell our appliance product to end-users.

    Do we have the right to use Debian OS freely based on the GNU General
    Public License?
    Would you please guide us whether we are using the Debian OS
    illegally or not?

    I'll be waiting for your reply.

    Thank you. Regards,
    JY




    <div id="geary-body" dir="auto">Hey,<br><br>AFAIK you can use Debian freely as far as:<br>1. you advertise it as a Debian based OS.<br>2. you provide sources to all changes in Debian with the same license as Debian.</div><div id="geary-quote" dir="auto"><
    در سه‌شنبه, فوریه 6 2024 at ۱۹:۰۳:۴۱ +09:00:00, Jiyoung Wee &lt;jywee0922@gmail.com&gt; نوشته بود:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Hello, Team,<div><br></div><div>I have a request about Debian License Policy.</
    <div><br>This is our case.<br>1. For the OS for our appliance product, we use "A" OS(tentative name).<br>2. "A" OS is based on Debian OS.&nbsp;<br></div><div>3. We only modify "lsb_release" information so that the OS name,"A" OS, shows instead of
    Debian OS when commanded.</div><div>4. We install PSU, RAID, NIC drivers on the OS.<br>5. Other than that, we do not customize Debian OS.</div><div>6. We sell our appliance product to end-users.</div><div><br></div><div>Do we have the right to use Debian
    OS freely based on the&nbsp;<font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">GNU General Public License?</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Would you please guide us whether we are using&nbsp;the Debian OS illegally or not?</font></div><div><
    font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I'll be waiting for your reply.<br></span><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Thank
    you.&nbsp;</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Regards,</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">JY</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
    </blockquote></div>

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