copyright
Is it allowed selling a kvm virtual machine with Ubuntu? what about copyright?
<p>I would like know if it is allowed creating a package with a KVM virtual machine + Ubuntu as OS and sell this package. Is there any restriction due to copyright or fees to pay? </p>

<p>I would not modify anything on the KVM or Ubuntu, just add my scripts on Ubuntu for the customers.</p>

<p>KVM's parts are licensed under various GNU licenses:</p>

<ul>
<li>KVM kernel module: GPL v2</li>
<li>KVM user module: LGPL v2</li>
<li>QEMU virtual CPU core library (libqemu.a) and QEMU PC system emulator: LGPL</li>
<li>Linux user mode QEMU emulator: GPL</li>
<li>BIOS files (bios.bin, vgabios.bin and vgabios-cirrus.bin): LGPL v2 or later</li>
</ul>

<p>Any idea?
Thanks for your feedback!</p>

<p>It depends on the licenses of the software included in your machine/package. If you manage to weed out everything that is not GPL (except for <em>your</em> scripts of course) then <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">yes</a>.</p>

<p>Otherwise you have to go through every piece of software you include and check what the licenses say.</p>
