Distributing a Fedora appliance

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Sat Nov 27 21:08:11 UTC 2010


On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:03:10 -0800,
  Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
> On 11/27/2010 02:42 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > Arguably you
> > might also need to provide the source for the build scripts for making the VM
> > image.
> 
> So?  You make the source for the build scripts available along with any 
> specialized programs.  For the rest, a pointer to  the distro's sources 
> should be enough.

Not really. Fedora isn't obligated to keep the sources posted after binaries
have been removed typically doesn't. The distributor of the VM is still on the
hook for providing sources. In practice, if you don't include updates in the
VM and remove it at end of life of the release it uses, you'll be OK. If you
use updates, you really want a copy of those yourself to make sure they stay
available.


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