<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font size="-1"><font face="Arial">I have not found a definitive answer to this question on the CentOS site yet.<br> <br> We develop and sell a server based application as an appliance in which, in general, the customer does not have direct access to the operating system. My question is, are we allowed to use CentOS as the underlying operating system and if so what licence considerations are there or what licence information would we need to include for our customers?<br> <br> Thanks<br> Mark Maskery<br> </font></font> </body> </html>
Mark Maskery a ?crit :> > We develop and sell a server based application as an appliance in which, > in general, the customer does not have direct access to the operating > system. My question is, are we allowed to use CentOS as the underlying > operating system and if so what licence considerations are there or what > licence information would we need to include for our customers?Yes, you are allowed to do that. And if your business runs well, consider a donation to CentOS. Cheers, Niki Kovacs
Mark Maskery wrote:> We develop and sell a server based application as an appliance in which, > in general, the customer does not have direct access to the operating > system. My question is, are we allowed to use CentOS as the underlying > operating system and if so what licence considerations are there or what > licence information would we need to include for our customers?CentOS as a distribution is shipped under the GPL license. So your app would need to comply with and be compatible with the GPL license and all the issues that come with that. You should speak to a lawyer about what the implications might be. There are also specific considerations and requirements to using CentOS including the logo and name. I believe this is some information about that on the website. To the best of my knowledge, there is no one present on this list who would be able to give you definitive legal advice for your specific circumstances. - KB