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Old 03-04-2007, 06:58 PM   #1
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Question Given it's open-source...


Is it fully legal to take the (X/K)Ubuntu source and tinker with it to make your own? And if/when you finish, can you format it into an iso?
 
Old 03-04-2007, 07:09 PM   #2
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Certainly.
 
Old 03-04-2007, 07:42 PM   #3
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Sweet. How do you make it into an iso?
 
Old 03-04-2007, 08:46 PM   #4
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Where can I get the source code? On Ubuntu.com I downloaded a 35MiB file that just listed packages and their locations.
 
Old 03-04-2007, 08:48 PM   #5
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I have the same question about the source codes, where can they be found and how to i install them in the file system so that i can compile them?
 
Old 03-04-2007, 08:54 PM   #6
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Well, rp1226, we'll wonder about this together...(O joy) ;-)
 
Old 03-04-2007, 09:09 PM   #7
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Is it fully legal to take the (X/K)Ubuntu source and tinker with it to make your own? And if/when you finish, can you format it into an iso?
I don't know if that would be true of the artwork. The Ubuntu name might be trademarked as well. You will need to examine the licenses of each package to make sure that everything you copy (source) is covered by the gpl.
 
Old 03-04-2007, 09:26 PM   #8
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How did Protech Beta do it then?
 
Old 03-04-2007, 10:12 PM   #9
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hey rp1226! check this out:

http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/i...tpage&Itemid=1
 
Old 03-09-2007, 06:21 AM   #10
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A large part of a distribution is the community around it. Also, if you base a distro of your own based on another, you are responsible for tracking security problems with all of the packages you supply and you will need to supply the fixes.
 
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Nice kalabanta, is this what you were looking for? I thought you were going to make a completely new linux. lol. But still it is a nice find.
 
  


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