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Posted: June 27 2007,16:12 QUOTE
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if I plan to release my work back to the community

"Releasing it back" isn't optional, it's required under GPLv2.

So where's the problem? It's required, and I am myself willing to do it. I don't see any conflict of interest, apart from the fact that someone considers someone as too immature / inexperienced to try something. I accept that I am, but that doesn't mean I can't learn? And first step in learning is to ask someone who knows what you're trying to do. And that's what I am doing. If you can't help me out, could I request you to not try to demoralize me? Thanks.  :D
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Posted: June 27 2007,16:26 QUOTE
It actually isn't. You can keep the changes you do with you, but you can't change the license for something else without everyone's acceptance.

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Posted: June 27 2007,16:41 QUOTE
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So where's the problem?

I'm not trying to demoralize you, I'm trying to get you to be realistic. Per your baby-cum-Olympian analogy, it's like the baby taking one clumsy step and its parents deciding it's time to enter it into a marathon. You haven't compiled a kernel yet, you're asking questions about level of difficulty, and offering to pay someone to do the work for you. With what and why I don't understand because you're unlikely to gain revenue from it since DSL is freely available and can rather easily be remastered; indeed, many people who've set up kiosks have done just that. Take the time to learn and you may realize there's no need for "forking" anything, much less paying someone to help you do it.

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Posted: June 27 2007,16:46 QUOTE
I have compiled a kernel, it's just that I was not successful. :p
Well I did compile a kernel for slax, but there are so many conflicting guides about how to go about it, and I tried all, but compiling the kernel from within the slax live cd was very slow and didnt work for any of the how to guide.

That's why i wanted to know if there is a how to for dsl or is it a generic process (patching the kernel for bootsplash and compiling it).
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Posted: June 27 2007,16:53 QUOTE
Unpack kernel
Unpack patch
cd kernel-directory
patch -Np1 -i ../patch
make menuconfig
make dep
make bzimage modules
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage whereever needed

2.4 Kernel compilation in a nutshell

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