Hello, since I haven't received a response in 2 weeks now, I assume that it is indeed fine to publish containers based on `fedora:36` or `fedora-minimal:36` images without further modifications. Furthermore I assume that this does not violate any copyright/trademark regulations by the Fedora Project and doesn't require special permission, at least not if done as described in the email attached below (i.e. without advertising it as "Fedora Container"). I'd be happy to write something up in the Wiki for anyone else asking the same question, if you think that's worthwhile. Maybe a paragraph in the trademark/licensing pages would suffice? Thanks, Andreas On Sat, 2022-05-28 at 09:03 +0200, Andreas Hartmann wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > I recently started to host my own container registry via GitLab. I use it to > build container images for my own use (bundling mostly CLI tools at the moment) > and would like to publish them, too, so others may use them as well. > > Now since I use Fedora Linux on all of my systems, I would also like to use it > as > a base for the containers where necessary (I.e. where alpine Linux doesn't > work). > Now I'm wondering if there are any restrictions that I should be aware of with > regard to the publishing of these images. That is mostly because I have hardly > ever seen any container on e.g. the docker Hub that's based on Fedora. > > I do not use the Fedora trademark, I don't advertise that the containers are > built on top of a Fedora base container, I never mention the word Fedora in any > of the docs associated with the containers. The only relation between these > containers and the Fedora project is the line `FROM > registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:36` at the beginning of my Containerfiles. > Is this acceptable, or does that already mean that I mustn't publish these > images? > > In case I am allowed to publish such container images: Are there any packages > that need to be removed from the containers? I know that Fedora Remixes mustn't > use the official Fedora logo RPMs but supply their own instead. Are these part > of > the containers and hence need I remove them? > > Finally, again in case I am allowed to publish such container images in the > first > place, which applications am I allowed to bundle with the containers? I am > aware > that Fedora has adopted e.g. the "3rd-party repositories" in Gnome Software, > which give filtered access to flathub applications, due to legal reasons. I > would > *assume* that it's okay to publish e.g. GPL-licensed software along with a > Fedora > container. What about other licenses such as MIT? > > Sorry for the lengthy mail, but I haven't been involved much with legal matters > regarding software in my life before. I just want to make sure I'm legally > allowed to do what I want to, *before* I get into trouble for infringing > trademarks/licenses or anything. I have already searched the web and the > archives > of this mailing list, but that didn't produce any results. > > Thank you in advance! > > > Kind regards > Andreas Hartmann > _______________________________________________ > legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
