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Canonical Says Ubuntu-Based Docker Images Are Not a Copyright Violation

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Canonical said through the voice of Dustin Kirkland that you can use Ubuntu with Docker without violating any copyright policy, contradicting what Matthew Garrett said in a blog post just a week ago.

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albinard ·
All the gripers seems to base their arguments on a misunderstanding of the issue, most often in a way that suits the griper's political/philosophical bias (sound familiar?).

It seems to me the issue can best be put in minimal form:

You can use, screw around with, and redistribute an Ubuntu Docker image however you want.

But when you redistribute the screwed-around-with image, call it your own image, not Canonical's.

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