Is this for internal use, as in, your "not-for-profit entity" only? Again, not sure if this is a "fork" as much as it is a direct port. Why not just use Ubuntu and just customize it to your liking? <div>On 3/28/06, Jon Kristensen <<a href="mailto:jon.kristensen@dedikerad.se">jon.kristensen@dedikerad.se</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> tis 2006-03-28 klockan 10:59 -0500 skrev Michael Beattie: > On 3/28/06, Jon Kristensen <<a href="mailto:jon.kristensen@dedikerad.se">jon.kristensen@dedikerad.se</a>> 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 -- ubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div> -- + Nick