Re: Do i need to purchase any License
Hello Ardawan, ardavan izadi - 17.07.17, 23:33: > 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. In addition to what as been answered, one plea: Please make your IoT gadget secure and provide security updates of its software to your customers. As on what is the issue with most devices and how important it is to make IoT devices secure, read, for example: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/02/security_and_th.html Making IoT devices secure unfortunately is no legal requirement yet, but it is a moral, ethical one. Thanks, -- Martin
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. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
Re: Do i need to purchase any License
ardavan izadi wrote: > Hi, > > 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. > > What we need to do is to: > > 1. Change the log screen during booting and display our logo > 2. Run our custom software (written in Python & C) instead of OS desktop > environment > > I’m not sure about Debian licensing and don’t understand very well as it’s > long and confusing to me. > > Do I need to purchase any license for my product from Debian? > Please assist me. One thing I can say for certain is that Debian does not sell licenses. For your other questions, this page may be helpful. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-redistrib.en.html Cheers, Walter Landry
Do i need to purchase any License
Hi, 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. What we need to do is to: Change the log screen during booting and display our logo Run our custom software (written in Python & C) instead of OS desktop environment I’m not sure about Debian licensing and don’t understand very well as it’s long and confusing to me. Do I need to purchase any license for my product from Debian? Please assist me. Best Regards, Ardawan
