Hi, Your reply gave me a clue to understand about the license. thanks very much. If I finally succeeded in developing and profiting, I'm going to donate some of that profit, for this great project. Best Regards 2019年11月14日(木) 18:39 Lange, Markus <M.Lange at dnb.de>: > Hi, > > at first I'm not part of the CentOS Project nor I'm a lawyer. > > But may I can answer your questions. > According to the CentOS About page "CentOS Linux is no-cost and free to > redistribute." [1]. So as you are planning to redistribute it should be > fine to do. While redistributing you also need to consider the legal > section [2]. However as you are planning a business you should involve > a lawyer to make it clear to you in your special legal situation! > > To your second question: Yes you definitely should do that, as you make > profit from the great work the maintainers do and can't make profit if > they discontinue doing this great work. But no one can force you to, > it's up to you to take what the community provides without giving > anything back. > > Best Regards > Markus > > > [1] https://www.centos.org/about/ > [2] https://www.centos.org/legal/ > > On Thu, 2019-11-14 at 18:08 +0900, sensor make wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I'd like to ask about license issue. > > Now I'm planning to make and sell some measurement system controlled > > by PC. > > There is no technical issue but I don't have enough information about > > license. > > > > I will do the following, > > > > 1) Install CentOS and my applications on the PC. > > 2) Sell the PC as a measurement device. > > 3) Distribute DVD made from CentOS iso image file to the user if > > he/she > > needs. > > > > Question 1. > > Is there no problem from the view point of CentOS license ? > > > > Question 2. > > Should I donate to CentOS community ? > > > > > > Best Regards. > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >