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[Jon Kristensen]

tis 2006-03-28 klockan 10:59 -0500 skrev Michael Beattie:
> On 3/28/06, Jon Kristensen <jon.kristensen at dedikerad.se> wrote:
> > Hello (again) developers!
> >
> > I posted a mail on this list a couple of days ago where I asked about
> > Ubuntu forking (thanks for your kind replies!), and now I got another
> > question. It's not about Ubuntu development so it might not be relevant
> > to bring it up here, but in that case, please point me to the relevant
> > list. Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Say that I would fork Ubuntu, making only small changes that does not
> > effect the system's packages. Would it be OK for that system to use
> > Ubuntu's official package archives, or are they for Ubuntu only?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> 
> If you arent changing the system packages, what are you forking
> exactly?  That doesnt sound like an Ubuntu fork...

Well, if the not-for-profit entity that I represent will go through with
this, it will differ from Ubuntu in the following ways (or something):

* It will not offer any non-free packages at all
* It will look slightly different
* We may change the installation application

Note that this project is not commercial.

-- 
Jon Kristensen
President of Dedikerad