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[quote=Shashank Sharma] But, you can't make profit from selling any distribution made by someone else. That you can't do. So you can't open a store and simply sell Linux distributions for profit. Asking for a nominal amount is acceptable, as long as you're not making a hefty profit.[/quote] Actually, this is not quite true. You cannot sell someone else's Linux as a product without their permission (or removing all their logos and identifying components, such as Oracle does with Red Hat Enterprise Linux), but if you include "support" as part of the deal (see Oracle), then you can charge whatever people are willing to pay as they are paying for your ability to support them. In any case, you MUST make the GPL-based code and any changes you make to it available to anyone who wants it. It can be either an online download, or some sort of media that you only charge for the media and REASONABLE shipping/handling fees. Your proprietary applications that are not based upon GPL'd code and aren't covered by the GPL itself dont fall into this caveat. A few companies that did not honor this requirement of the GPL have been successfully sued and have paid big $$ (million$ of USD) as a result of their arrogance. That includes some Fortune 100 entities. So, do your homework, give credit where credit is due, and I wish you all success in your new enterprise!

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I think you got it right. The trademark thing is why CentOS had to strip Red Hat's logos and such in order to distribute the free version of RHEL.

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