Tiny Core Linux

General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: Iguleder on November 27, 2009, 05:56:23 AM

Title: Some questions
Post by: Iguleder on November 27, 2009, 05:56:23 AM

Hello, people, I'm Dima. I'm currently working on my very own Linux distro, something very similar to Tiny Core.

• I want to use an edited version of TC's /init in my distro. Is it legal?
• I want to credit the Tiny Core team, even if I'm not allowed to use anything from it in my distro, because TC is a big inspiration for me. What should I do - add a link, put it in the motd/issue ... ?
• I want to thank the TC developers ... Tiny Core is absolutely awesome. Frankly, I think you're doing a great job with every new release of TC.
• I want to contribute to TC, I can share some of my knowledge ... is it possible?

If you wonder what my distro is all about, it's very similar to TC, as I said. It's built around kernel 2.6.31.6, GCC 4.3.4, glibc 2.9 and BusyBox 1.15.2. It's extremely minimal, it lacks even udev, util-linux-ng and e2fsprogs (at least for now). Currently, it's for x86_64, but I'm "porting" it to i486 with i686 optimizations, like TC.

Thank you.

Title: Re: Some questions
Post by: ^thehatsrule^ on November 27, 2009, 03:39:26 PM

- unless otherwise specified, all code is under gpl (v2, iirc)
- a link is fine, but that's really up to you
- contributing is part of the spirit :)

And welcome to the forums.

Title: Re: Some questions
Post by: Iguleder on November 28, 2009, 04:34:39 AM

Thank you :)

So ... how can I contribute? So far, what I see is extensions and RC-testing.

Title: Re: Some questions
Post by: curaga on November 28, 2009, 06:26:58 AM

You can also help with documentation, spread the word, create a Youtube video. And if you see anything in the base or extensions that could be improved, feel free to say it.