[ubuntu-uk] repo in a box

[Andy]

On 04/06/07, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> 1) Licensing - would it be 100% legal to redistribute the entire (main,
> restricted, multiverse, universe) repository?

Not sure about "restricted" and "mutliverse", but "main" and
"universe" should be safe.
And some of the stuff in multiverse is probably safe, some of it's
only in there due to some stupid countries that have software patents

> 2) Cost - it would need to be less than the cost of capped broadband -
> although for those people with no opportunity to get broadband this might
> not be a problem :)

How much do the disks weigh?

> 4) Trust: Would a customer trust that the disk really does contain the repo
> and not some nasty spyware etc.

If it's an apt repo isn't the integrity of the package verified by
digital signature?
If the signing system in apt is used surely it doesn't matter how the
files got to you it would be extremely difficult to maliciously alter
them and still get a valid signature for them.

Of course I could be wrong, I don't know as much about apt as I should.

Andy

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