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   Hello Richard!   
      
   06 Jan 21 09:55, Richard Menedetter wrote to paul lee:   
      
    pl>> I want to SELL a product.   
    pl>> One section of this product needs a *nix OS. Can I use any ole Linux   
    pl>> distro as the OS, or do I need to focus on the nicer licensed FreeBSD   
    pl>> or similar?   
    pl>> I want to SELL a product and need a *nix OS. What OS would you use?   
      
    RM> It depends on if you want to CHANGE the kernel.   
    RM> If yes, you need to make those changes public if you are using the    
    RM> linux kernel. (GPLv2)   
      
    RM> So in general you can use anything.   
    RM> Just obey the licenses of those products.   
      
   Just take care that this covers the kernel only. Your casual Linux   
   distribution will come with many more pieces of software aboard, each of it   
   bringing in its own licence.   
      
      
   Regards,   
   Gerrit   
      
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