Re: Do i need to purchase any License
On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 1:33 AM, ardavan izadi wrote:
> I’m not sure about Debian licensing and don’t understand very well as it’s
> long and confusing to me.
A fairly good introduction to Free Software licensing is available here:
https://www.debian.org/intro/free
The FAQ Walter Landry sent a link to is good too.
> I would like to use Debian on a single board computer for commercial use.
> We’re going to produce an IoT gadget and eventually sell to the market.
Since you are going to distribute Debian to users, and Debian includes
a lot of copyleft-licensed software, you might be interested in this
guide to GPL license compliance:
http://compliance.guide/
This section offers an example of a product that meets the GPL requirements:
http://compliance.guide/pristine
Some more background on copyleft is available here:
https://copyleft.org/
> Change the log screen during booting and display our logo
This is perfectly acceptable to do.
If you intend to also show the Debian logo, please note our trademark policy:
https://www.debian.org/trademark
> Run our custom software (written in Python & C) instead of OS desktop
> environment
If appropriate, I would encourage you to release this under a Free
Software license and have your developers package it for Debian.
> Do I need to purchase any license for my product from Debian?
The Debian project does not sell any licenses.
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pabs
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