[pocket-linux] Modifying Pocket Linux

[David Horton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: daniel widyanto [mailto:kunil at dsp.itb.ac.id]
> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2004 05:18 PM
> To: 'Support for Pocket Linux Guide'
> Subject: [pocket-linux] Modifying Pocket Linux
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Can I modify pocket linux guide into pocket linux on CF/IDE guide ?
> 
> I'm working special linux distro that's have size less than 64 MB
> (including XWindows, Freevo, GnomeMeeting, and Mozilla). It's not finished
> yet. I have made LFS and thinking how to make it small enough, until I
> finally find pocket Linux. This distro is my prequisities to graduate. So
> I think rather than make my work burried in library, I can publish it to
> tldp.
> 
> Has anyone have similar project yet ?
> 
> 
> 

Daniel,

You can modify the guide under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.txt].  In a nutshell you can use it, copy it, modify it, but not plagiarize it.  You may also want to check with your school about this.  They probably have some guidelines on this.  I would also suggest changing the title to not use the words "pocket linux" to avoid confusion.

As far as similar projects go, you might want to look at Architect [http://architect.sourceforge.net].  This project has the ability to turn source code into binary packages with one simple command.  For example 'architect coreutils-5.0' will build coreutils for you and package it up in a .tar.gz file.

You could use both the Pocket Linux Guide and Architect to help with your distro project.  When you're ready to publish, see http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/index.html for information on sending to TLDP.

Dave