Subj : *nix Licenses
To   : paul lee
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Sun Jan 10 2021 15:16:30

Hello paul!

Friday January 08 2021 20:50, you wrote to Kai Richter:

 KR>> You should check the FreeBSD licence first. But i still recommend
 KR>> to seperatethe rpi OS and put it into the hands of your
 KR>> customers.
 KR>>
 KR>> Regards
 KR>>
 KR>> Kai

 > Thats what I had figured, Kai... using FreeBSD and the open source (no
 > license) frontend (rpi-fruitbox) that i had in mind. Alternatively, I
 > can just give customers the hardware and make them 'get' their own
 > software... thru a download on the company webpage of course.

Small suggestion - look at any hardware you own that uses Linux or Android as
the base os such as a smart TV or a phone.

Now the manufacturer has to supply the source code on request and as I have a
Samsung (S10 phone) and a Philips TV I went to their sites and downloaded the
sources.


Admittedly it took a bit of effort to find but I did.


So, providing you stick to the copyright rules for Open Source systems you 
will
not go wrong and you do not need to supply the source code with the product 
but
have a findable area on your support website that allows users to download it.

This aoolies to any code changes you made to original code for any 
application,
driver, system module etc.

The likely hood of many wanting such is very low but it allows a interested
party (may be a copyright holder) to check that you are complying with the 
said
notices.


Vincent

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