Hello to everyone. I'm building my debian derivative distro not for business purposes,but to be useful to someone. Maybe I will ask for some money as a donation,but I'm not even sure. When I will have created the first stable version,I will put it in my github with all the scripts that I have added inside the ISO image. I've read the guidelines and I've asked for clarifications to the legal debian department. They seemed to be very open in relation with the Debian logo usage,because it is open source,contrary to that of Ubuntu / Canonical and so I've chosen Debian. Since my goal is not to earn money,I put the emphasis on the name of "my" distro,but at the same time I kept the word Debian inside. It does not seem that this behavior is against some rules. What do you think ? I'm not using a complicated preseed file. I'm using more configuration files ad hoc for the goal that I want to achieve (to create a debian distro ready for passing thru every nvidia gpu which work out of the box + various tools for achieving that goal and some premade configurations to use different kind of virtualization tools). I want to share the project with you,also. When I am satisfied,I will put the first ISO on my github + all the config files added and I would like to know what you think about it. To be honest,the Debian representative that I'm talking with does not reply fast and he / she does not seem to ask a decent amount of details.
Il giorno lun 17 ott 2022 alle ore 13:47 Thomas Schmitt <scdbac...@gmx.net> ha scritto: > Hi, > > David Wright wrote: > > they are no longer Debian logos. You > > should give names to your edited files that indicate what they are: > > /your/ images for /your/ derivative. Add them to the archive and > > change the symlinks there. > > I found > https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Guidelines > which Mario Marietto should check. > > Naming of files is not mentioned, afaics. > But there is much emphasis on not using "Debian" in the name of the > "business". This demand applies to various software packages and artwork, > too: > https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Guidelines#De-.2FRe-branding > > I wonder whether a preseeded Debian Live ISO constitutes a derived distro > and Mario Marietto's preseeding project qualifies as "business". > The changes of which i know use an official Debian mechanism to shorten > or hardcode the installation process. The Live personality is completely > unchanged, afaik. > > So for now the only non-Debian thing is the title > "BridgeVmOS Debian Custom" > in > https://ibb.co/GHHDQ3H > It looks like a project name and thus could be regarded as "business". > > I wonder whether a title like > "Debian , preseeded by BridgeVmOS" > would be ok. > > > Well, before following the Guideline advise > "Consult the DebianProjectLeader meanwhile on a case-by-case basis" > Mario Marietto should probably list the changes in his ISO towards the > original ISO. I know of: > - Introducing a preseed file. > - Changing logo files in the initrd. > - (Packing up the ISO with xorrisofs options which are equivalent to > those currently used by Debian Live, as far as boot capabilities are > concerned. But Debian could move to other layouts for booting.) > > Such a list could then be the base of decisions. > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > > -- Mario.
