License

[winnie]

Hi Everyone,
 This is my first post here!
 First of all: I'd like to say that you have made a great job with tiny core, it really rocks. I'm also planning to use it in a solution at my workplace. I also need to modify the core.iso image itself (by adding some scripts, programs and some tcz packages). So my solution would look like this:

My question are the following:
1. Do I need to open the source of my solution (green on the image), and the source of the other components (left on the image)?
2. Do I have to release the source of my scripts added into core.iso?
3. What about the additional tcz files, that I downloaded from this website, and preinstalled into core.iso? Do I have to document somehow, what extra packages are preinstalled?
4. Are the patents related to this solution of my company are in a risk, if it contains MicroCore? (with GPL you may lose your related patents...)
5. Are there any chance, that TinyCore will be released under some kind of BSD licenses? I think that it would help a lot to become even more popular.

Thank you for your help in advance!

[bmarkus]

Hi

see http://tinycorelinux.net/faq.html#license

Licence for packages in repo are varying, read .info files

[curaga]

My question are the following:
1. Do I need to open the source of my solution (green on the image), and the source of the other components (left on the image)?

No, unless your added components are derivatives of our code.

2. Do I have to release the source of my scripts added into core.iso?

See 1.

3. What about the additional tcz files, that I downloaded from this website, and preinstalled into core.iso? Do I have to document somehow, what extra packages are preinstalled?

If you intend to distribute the result, you also need to host the sources to Core and the TCZs you included. Note that the FSF considers use inside a single organization like your workplace not distribution.

4. Are the patents related to this solution of my company are in a risk, if it contains MicroCore? (with GPL you may lose your related patents...)

You will need to ask your lawyer. In internal use only there would be no risk.

5. Are there any chance, that TinyCore will be released under some kind of BSD licenses? I think that it would help a lot to become even more popular.

No, I'm afraid not.