[Klug-general] Re: No OS

[Alan Pope]

On 30/10/05, Stuart Brand <stuart at stuartbrand.co.uk> wrote:
> How are you going to deal with the licencing issues regards to Java
> and Flash. AIUI you can't redistribute them yourself, but the customer
> would need to install them themselves.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
> Hi Al
>
> This is something I'm not to sure on. As I don't have an installer for
> my os would this apply to me? My plan is to go to site and install the
> whole thing manually, so i wouldn't be redistributing anything, would
> I?
>

IANAL but I guess it comes down to what are you "selling". If you're
selling your time to them to install a box with GPL software you're in
the clear, indeed if you were selling the GPL software itself you're
clear.

The tricky part is where you're installing third party products that
specifically designate that they can't be redistributed. As you're
installing something then selling it as a service/product I guess it
could be argued that you're also selling flash/java.

I guess also if you're seen as contracting for the customer you're
seen as a representative of theirs clicking the "I agree" link on
their behalf.

Tricky ground, and as I say IANAL so YMMV.

However, worth noting that all the major Free (captial F) Linux
distros don't distribute non-redistributable stuff.

Cheers,
Al.