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Arcelios Joined: Apr 18, 2008 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted Jul 09, 2008 at 9:33:21 PM Subject: A Legal Question... If you were to look at my previous posts, you would know that I am very interested in developing my own Linux distribution. However, I do have a small legal question: if I were to roll my own Linux distribution from the kernel, or another distribution (I realize the legal situation might be different depending on weather I roll it from the kernel or a distribution), would I be able to distribute it, potentially for a small price, without having to pay the creators of Linux or the distribution I used? Obviously, I'd say "Based on <distro name>", but other than that, would I have to do anything? -- Arcelios
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Kiski Joined Jun 30, 2008 Posts: 11 Other Topics	Posted: Jul 10, 2008 2:47:14 AM Subject: A Legal Question... Well, assuming all of the software you are using is F/OSS, then: 1 ) Yes you would be able to distribute it. (even for a price) 2 ) No, you would not have to pay any royalties 3 ) You may have to change the name and/or logo, to differentiate between your's and their's (and avoid trademark infringement.)
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