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Copyright Information & License Term
Posted: 01 Apr 2013, 09:36
by wenlin1120
Hello,
May I know if there is any copyright information about author and years of Porteus?
And is it okay to re-distribute it?
Really appreciate your help.
Best Regards,
Jessica
Re: Copyright Information & License Term
Posted: 01 Apr 2013, 11:13
by Hamza
Porteus is under GPL Licence which allows you to re-distribute it under the licence terms.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Re: Copyright Information & License Term
Posted: 02 Apr 2013, 09:50
by wenlin1120
Hi Hamza, Thanks for your response
I am also wondering if there is any copyright information about author and years of Porteus? Really appreciate your help.
Re: Copyright Information & License Term
Posted: 02 Apr 2013, 12:48
by fanthom
Hello Jessica,
to answer your questions
author: Porteus Community
first stable (Porteus-1.0) release: 20 Jun 2011
some extra info can be found on Porteus wikipedia page:
Porteus (operating system
license (/boot/docs/Licence.txt) says:
Code: Select all
Porteus comes with no guarantees or warranties of any sorts,
either written or implied.
Porteus is released under GPL. Check GNU_GPL file for more details.
Individual packages in the distribution may come with their own licences.
http://www.porteus.org
non GPL licenses for (very few) packages can be found under /usr/docs directory.
everything other is GPL including our own work (tools, scripts, etc).
everyone can modify and/or redistribute Porteus without objections.
cheers