Re: Acceptable use of Debian products
On 2015-08-13, Rohnan Donohue <don0002@melba.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Hello Debian Team,
>
> I was usnure if this would be the appropriate email to message
>
> My name is Rohnan, and I am a secondary student in Victoria, Australia. I
> am writting to you to please ask for express permission to host Debian
> products on a website I am currently producing in one of my classes. This
> website will host only 'freeware' comprised mostly of '.iso' files,
> although I am asking permission I have not yet published this site but hope
> to have it done within 2-3 months.
By the way, I don't believe anyone has mentioned the fact that Debian
isn't 'freeware,' the distinction between that or it and open source
being more or less precisely the availability of the 'source' code to the
end user (use the source, Luke).
D'où l'expression Open *Source* (emphasis mine).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware
> if you could please reply as soon as possible it would be greatly
> appreciated,
>
> Thank You, Rohnan D.
>
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