Hi Yilmaz,

Thanks for the inquiry. Questions like these should be directed to 
Fermilab's Office of Partnerships and Technology Transfer.

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On 04/18/2017 05:58 AM, Cankaya, Yilmaz wrote:
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> We are as Airbus DS CyberSecurity running projects with the aim of
> introducing some cyber security products mainly for defence and ICS
> industry.
>
>
>
> We want to use Linux OS in our products (hardware, software or even
> service) and therefore we are in the process of getting FOSS (Free Open
> Source Software) clearance for those products.   The product will be
> commercial and distributed to the customers in a hardware box with
> following conditions:
>
>
>
> 1.       *No visibility of OS and Trademark*:  The product will be a
> hardware box and the OS will never we visible to the end user even in
> the documentation.  We do not (normal use)  expect any customer to
> interface with the product OS in any manner.   In  conjunction with
> this, we do not aim at using/displaying the trademark of the OS in any
> form.
>
> 2.       *No Source Code Change:*The software running on the box  is
> developed from scratch with some shared libraries.  The licensing for
> those libraries is currently handled separately.  But, practically, we
> do not change any source code of another software or OS component.
>
> 3.       *OS changes*:  We mainly change the network configuration,
> syslog configuration, OS startup configuration, security hardening
> (based on the recommendations of the to be used OS distribution) and add
> some folders and new files for our purpose under /opt and /etc.
>
> 4.       *Custom Repository*:  We strictly differentiate between our own
> packages and Linux OS packages.  So, we will provide a custom repository
> for own packages.  OS updates and any other updates would be retrieved
> from one of the distribution repositories.
>
>
>
> SL 7.3 release notes given below
>
>
>
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7x/x86_64/os/sl-release-notes.html#_packages_removed_from_upstream
>
> * *
>
> states  “/There is a new Scientific Linux End User License Agreement
> (EULA). The EULA now contains information about the U.S. Government
> contract under which Fermilab produces Scientific Linux/”.
>
>
>
> And the EULA allows
>
>
>
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7x/x86_64/os/EULA
>
>
>
> redistribution and commercial usage so long as GPL v2 is satisfied.
>
>
>
> We would be glad to use SL 7.3 as our choice of Linux OS but we need on
> our side to assure that this will not change in the upcoming releases or
> at least this EULA will be valid for all 7.x releases.  What are your
> comments on this?  Is there a communication partner by Fermi Lab that
> could assist us in this manner?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
> Beste Grüße – Kind Regards,
>
>
>
> Yilmaz Cankaya
>
> Project-/Bid Manager
>
> CyberSecurity
>
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