Hello, Thank you Jerry. I think FreeBSD is good OS too. But we prefer CentOS for compatibility with Red Hat. When we decide to use CentOS, we will have a talk with CentOS project team about donation. Regards, Shinobu Takasugi ------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:14:35AM +0900, Shinobu Takasugi wrote: > Hello, > > I've sent this mail when I didn't subscribe this mailing list. > Now I subscribe and I sent again. > I'm sorry to bother you. > > > Our company make and sell some measurement system controlled by PC. > We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the PC currently. > We are thinking CentOS is another option for us. > There is no technical issue but we don't have enough information about license. > > We will do the following, > > 1) Install CentOS and our applications on the PC. > 2) Sell the PC to our customer. > 3) Distribute DVD made from CentOS iso image file to our customer. > > Question 1 > Is there no problem from the view point of CentOS license? I don't think there is a problem using CentOS that way. Another option might be FreeBSD. (See http://www.freebsd.org/) There is definitely no problem with their license and it is a very good server OS. > > Question 2 > Should we donate to CentOS community? Of course, donations are always appropriate, especially if you are making money from the product. But, it is not a legal requirement. Same is true of FreeBSD. > > In FAQ http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=49, > there is a description concerning donation when CentOS is used for business. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > If CentOS is the basis of your business, you should also consider making > monthly donations to the CentOS Project, or even providing a dedicated > server for our use. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Best Regards, > Shinobu Takasugi > -- > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos