Subj : Re: *nix Licenses
To   : PAUL LEE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Jan 07 2021 14:34:00

>I do a bunch of projects marrying antiques with current tech. I refurbish old r
>cord-player consoles into current hi-fi equipment. I either use the original am
>lifier, or a current Tube-amp and marry it with a raspberry pi and some open-so
>rce software (rpi-fruibox) that I have the license to distribute.

>I just wonder about using the underlying Linux OS. Am I allowed? I guess I need
>to pass the license to my lawyer, which sucks because... $100 for an hour.

That might be safest but, if you are not modifying the linux os, you might
be ok, especially if you are not selling the OS just whatever antique it
happens to reside in.  I.e. like you are giving away a free copy of the OS.


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