David Given <dg@cowlark.com> writes: > I'd like to distribute a Debian root file system with my (open source) > projects. What are my legal obligations when doing so? Your legal obligations under copyright law are to comply with the license terms in the copyright files of each package you redistribute. > What I want to distribute is a tarball of a basic debootstrapped root > file system. This isn't a format that Debian itself distributes, so I > can't just point my users at a Debian mirror; so I'd like to include my > own copy for user convenience. I don't (at present) want to modify it. Absent any modifications, all of Debian (that is, the ‘main’ archive section) is free to redistribute verbatim in any form. Many other actions are also permitted; see the specific license texts for details. > I've looked for suitable documentation but have failed to find any. > What should I be reading? The “What does free mean?” page <URL:http://www.debian.org/intro/free> will help understand these issues. -- \ “Following fashion and the status quo is easy. Thinking about | `\ your users' lives and creating something practical is much | _o__) harder.” —Ryan Singer, 2008-07-09 | Ben Finney
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