Open Source Licensing

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Open Source Licensing & Distribution Information

For systems supplied by LinuxLounge and Retro-IT (trading names of ReSale-IT Ltd, UK).

/etc/legal/open-source-notice

Distributions we may supply

Depending on the product listing, your system may be supplied with one of the following Linux-based operating systems:

$ Linux Mint
$ Ubuntu
$ Debian
$ Fedora
$ Nobara
$ Tails
$ Tiny Core Linux
$ Puppy Linux

Note: The exact distribution supplied is shown on each product page / listing.

Open source licensing

The majority of software included within these systems is distributed under recognised open-source licences, including (but not limited to):

GPL LGPL MIT Apache BSD

These licences permit commercial redistribution, modification, and resale. ReSale-IT Ltd does not claim ownership of any open-source software supplied. All intellectual property remains with the respective authors and projects.

Source code availability (GPL compliance)

gpl-notice.sh

user@linuxlounge:~$ cat GPL_COMPLIANCE
- Corresponding source code for GPL-licensed components is publicly available.
- Most systems are built from unmodified upstream distribution repositories.
- Source can be obtained directly from official project repositories.
- On written request, we will provide information on how to obtain the exact
  corresponding source code for the installed binaries.

As required by GPL terms, customers are entitled to access the source code of applicable components.

Proprietary firmware & codecs

Certain hardware drivers, firmware, or multimedia codecs may be proprietary and are included under their respective licences. These components remain the intellectual property of their rights holders and are redistributed in accordance with their licence terms.

Support & warranty clarification

ReSale-IT Ltd provides hardware warranty as stated on individual product listings.
System installation and configuration support is provided where advertised.
The operating systems listed above are independent projects. ReSale-IT Ltd is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the respective projects unless explicitly stated.
Support for these systems as supplied on our hardware is provided by ReSale-IT Ltd, not by the upstream maintainers.

Trademarks

All distribution names and logos remain trademarks of their respective owners. Use of distribution names on our website is purely descriptive to indicate the software pre-installed on the hardware supplied.