From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 10 17:00:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA24146 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:00:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24117 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:59:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA16735; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:58:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:58:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Neil Blakey-Milner cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "customizing" FreeBSD installs In-Reply-To: <19980808150656.A24024@rucus.ru.ac.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > I'd like to know the implications of creating a "customized" FreeBSD install. > > Basically, since you know you're going to have this thing installed in, say, > South Africa, you can make certain assumptions. Basically, this entails > changing a few files in /etc, like make.conf (for USA_RESIDENT, > MASTER_SITE_BACKUP, etc) and similar files. > > I'd like to know whether doing something like this, changing a few > configuration files, would be allowed, since I'd like to make FreeBSD more > accessible for the many people I'm trying to convert here. (We have an > ever-growing Linux base here who are interested in FreeBSD for the servers > they administer, and I'd like to assimilate them sneakily. :>) No problems. If you sell it or whatever you have to abide by the terms of the copyrights and all but if you're just using it for local/personal use you should be fine. > Another project I'm interested in is one that involves installing and > configuring a couple of ports by default, in addition to the normal install. > IE, a "directed" install, for specific use. (I would start a company to do > this, but location and other problems prevent, so I'd like to make this > "freely" available.) You can do this through sysinstall's install.cfg mechanism. You'll have to checkout an entire source tree to roll your own installer; check the sysinstall manpage for details. You can view it by running 'groff -Tascii /usr/src/release/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 | more'. > I just want to know where I stand "legally" (and, of course, also what the > FreeBSD people think of it.) If you want to sell it, you'll have to defer that to those more experienced. :) But by all means go for it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message