Your Ubuntu-based container image is probably a copyright violation

Re:Your Ubuntu-based container image is probably a copyright... by geofft on Sunday July 26, 2015 @10:59AM (#9951203)

One of the things you get with trademarks is a right to license them. There's no law that stops Canonical from granting a trademark license to anyone who uses or depends on unmodified Ubuntu binaries.

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Re:Your Ubuntu-based container image is probably a copyright... by JupiterMoon on Sunday July 26, 2015 @11:44AM (#9951339)

Have they licensed it? If so no worries otherwise...

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Re:Your Ubuntu-based container image is probably a copyright... by geofft on Sunday July 26, 2015 @12:27PM (#9951454)

They will give you licenses if you ask, and those licenses are apparently non-sublicensable, making them basically useless for a free-software project.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3de41m/fsf_statement...

They may also charge for it.

https://twitter.com/marcdeslaur/status/623262991216214016

(both of these people are Canonical employees; unclear if they are speaking officially.)

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