Illegal to burn Linux OS to CDs?

[Jagst3r15]

I am thinking of making an e-commerce store and selling various burnable cd such as Linux CDs, would that be illegal?

[mountaintree16]

Check out these links I found:

http://georgia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1424237

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=158892

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/is-it-legal-to-sell-linux-distributions-19529/

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-distributions-5/how-can-people-sell-homemade-copies-of-linux-over-ebay-69482/

To answer your question personally, I am not sure. I would think a lot of research should be done before hand. Hopefully someone else will have some more insight too

[Jagst3r15]

I'm not looking for some get rich fast scheme, just want to distribute CDs really for free to help people . Also, I know that it could be dangerous to just go ahead and distribute, hence me asking here. Thanks for the links though

[mountaintree16]

I didn't think that you were looking to get rich quick

I figured that you just wanted to help people. It is completely understandable though to want to recoup shipping & cd costs... charging a buck or two for that (if you wanted) in my opinion doesn't seem unreasonable.

You are most welcome! I wish I knew the answers, but with burning and distributing media, source code, os's, etc... things can be so complicated, and you always need to make sure you're doing things legally (well I'd like to think that people would, not everyone does:( )

[Jagst3r15]

yea, I think I may e-mail Ubuntu and see if I can since they are the largest Linux OS maker peoples

[malware destroyer]

if i was you i would check with a lawyer

[Jagst3r15]

That would be overreacting mate . Contacting Ubuntu is fine

[mountaintree16]

I think contacting Ubuntu directly is a great idea

Welcome to Honorary Members, by the way

[Jagst3r15]

Ohhh didnt notice that...yay!!

[DarkSnakeKobra]

It's legal. You should read up on the GPL License.

Your use of any software obtained from this site is subject to the terms of any license agreement provided with the software. Some of these agreements incorporate the terms of the GPL or other open source licences. Please read these agreements before installing and using the software; by installing and using the software, you will have accepted the terms of the agreements.

http://www.ubuntu.com/legal

For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether

gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same

freedoms that you received. You must make sure that they, too, receive

or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they

know their rights.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

[Jagst3r15]

Now the question is whether I can even fit Ubuntu on a DVD-R

[Maniac]

It's a legal and you can download Ubuntu and burn it on a DVD-R or whatever you want. I recommend you to send a request for DVD disc with the latest version of Ubuntu. Totally free!

https://shipit.ubuntu.com/

[AdvancedSetup]

Here is all the Linux you can eat

http://www.linuxcd.org/

http://www.osdisc.com/

http://www.livecdlist.com/

http://distrowatch.com/