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jazzbiker:
One more great post!


--- Quote from: CentralWare on February 15, 2024, 09:22:53 AM ---@jazzbiker, @newbieCore: YES, by all means! (sorry, more than one word!)


--- Quote ---I see that communicating with @newbieCore I am violating something I don' t understand.
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NO, communication isn't a problem in the least.

Actively promoting a remaster ON the forum as a replacement for the Tiny Core Linux project can become a problem, which I hope you understand why.

Let's say the next X number of people to stop by find your link and install your remaster instead of the real Core project...  and let's imply there are problems...  who do you think THEY will expect support from?
You?  Or the development and maintenance team from Tiny Core Linux which is what's at the top of the website they're looking at?
"I'm sorry, sir...  the release you installed is not supported..."  "...What do you mean it's not supported, I got it FROM you people - see, it's right here on your forum!!"
It doesn't end well.

Suggestion 1: If you feel strongly that your remaster is superior in any way, put together a website (there's plenty of free hosting services out there, so it doesn't even cost you anything) and describe your remaster accordingly; leave note on the site indicating it's not a TCL release, but instead an "awesome custom remaster" (how ever you want it worded) but that it's not affiliated with the Tiny Core Linux project AND offer your own contact information for if/when someone runs into trouble.  Avoid creating links to this forum - it's an SEO nightmare.  Instead, you're welcome to create links such as "...for more information on the Tiny Core Linux project, click here" -- that sort of direction, as long as you're not pretending to BE Tiny Core Linux or otherwise directly associated.

Return here to the initial thread you created regarding its release and update that thread with your website's URL.  In doing so, you cover the necessary bases and you've made it perfectly clear to someone downloading it that this is your project (a PORT of Tiny Core, so to speak.)  As long as the remaster still maintains the forum requirements (ie: spamming, marketing, abuse, piracy - all those types of issues) I don't mind in the least that you try to help people out using it -- as long as they are aware that it's your remaster... up front.

LEGALLY speaking, website and other similar trade-marked or identification based graphics should not be reused on third party websites without expressed, written permission... blah...  blah...  you'll want to come up with a fresh new look for "Instant Core" anyway.

Suggestion 2: If you really want to maintain a port of this project, here's a recommendation that works in your favor by limiting the amount of work that has to go into it:

* Download and extract the full TinyCore package that suits what you're building from
* Take all the files you've altered/created/etc. and create instant.gz (CPIO)
* Update extlinux.conf: APPEND: /boot/core.gz,/boot/instant.gz
* Repackage and upload to Google Drive
If you do things in this fashion, people can separate your work from TCL, verify core.gz is in fact untouched and if they wanted to check to ensure your efforts were clean and genuine, a look inside instant.gz makes it easy to do (without having to scan/scour a modified core.gz or root/modules.gz)  Also, when there's a new release (15.x for example) your "upgrade" is tremendously simple by merely updating extlinux.conf's APPEND line and repackaging.

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might be nice to have a copy of that here as well...

I'm sure it deserves to be pinned in the Unofficial Remixes board ;-)

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