Legal notice and copyright
Publisher
Aura Linux is designed and published by Yohan Simon, personally and on a non-commercial basis.
Contact: yohan.simon3@gmail.com
Aura Linux is distributed free of charge as an ISO image. It is not hosted on an online service of the publisher and requires no account.
Website hosting
Website: Cloudflare, Inc. (Cloudflare Pages), 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, phone: +1 888 993 5273.
ISO images to download: Internet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA, phone: +1 415 561 6767.
The publisher publishes personally and on a non-professional basis. In accordance with French law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 (LCEN), his full contact details have been provided to the hosts.
Applicable documents
- Terms of use: the rules for using Aura Linux and the limits of its protections;
- Licence: what you may do with Aura Linux (install, copy, share);
- Privacy policy: Internet connections, feature by feature;
- Copyright ownership declaration.
These texts are translations; the French version prevails in case of discrepancy.
Copyright
© 2026 Yohan Simon. All rights reserved, subject to the licence.
The following are the property of Yohan Simon under copyright law (French Intellectual Property Code, articles L111-1 et seq.):
- the Aura logos (classic logo and “Aurore” logo) and visual identity;
- the Aura wallpapers (classic and “Aurore”) and visuals created for Aura;
- Aura's own tools, scripts and settings (the
aura-*programs, Aura applets and extensions, the ISO build script, styles and layouts); - Aura's documentation and texts, including these documents.
The name “Aura Linux” is used by Yohan Simon; a name is protected as a trademark (see below).
Aura Linux is free and may not be sold (article 2 of the licence). The name and logos may be used to talk about Aura, following the charter in the licence (article 3): unmodified logos, no fake official version, no unlawful, hateful, misleading or defamatory content.
Included free software
Aura Linux is based on Ubuntu and includes free software that remains the property of its authors and is distributed under its own licence. Those licences apply in full: nothing in Aura's documents restricts them. Main components:
| Component | Licence |
|---|---|
| Linux kernel, Cinnamon, Nemo, dnsmasq | GPL-2.0 |
| Plank, GNOME Web (Aura Browser), Calamares, ExifTool | GPL-3.0 / Artistic (ExifTool) |
| Firefox | MPL-2.0 |
| WhiteSur, MacTahoe, Fluent, ChromeOS and Vector themes (vinceliuice); Papirus icons | GPL-3.0 |
| eww, DeskWidgets, rclone, gocryptfs | MIT |
| Material Design icons (Google), used by the ChromeOS styles | Apache-2.0 |
| Noto Color Emoji (Google) | OFL-1.1 |
| Animated Noto emoji (Google), downloaded on demand | CC BY 4.0 |
| Fluent emoji (Microsoft) and the “Fluent Emoji Color” font (Tetsunori Nakayama) | MIT |
| Twemoji (X/Twitter and contributors), Twemoji Mozilla font | CC BY 4.0 (artwork) / Apache-2.0 (font) |
| Emoji codes from Macmoji (warpling) and emoji-java (Vincent Durmont) | MIT |
| mat2 (photo cleaning) | LGPL-3.0 |
| python-evdev (Surface Dial) | BSD-3-Clause |
| SquidGuard rules for parental control (site lists by Fabrice Prigent, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole) | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| ClamAV (file sentinel scanning) | GPL-2.0 |
| intel-nvme-remap driver (Daniel Drake, Endless Mobile), added by the Aura Studio kernel tool | GPL-2.0 |
| French translation of DeskWidgets, made for Aura | MIT (like DeskWidgets) |
| ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors | AGPL-3.0 |
| VLC, Remmina, qBittorrent | GPL-2.0 or later |
Each licence text is provided in /usr/share/doc/ (including /usr/share/doc/aura/ for emoji) and on each project's website. The source code of Ubuntu's free software is available from its source repositories.
Software offered by the Store
The Aura Store installs, at your request, free or free-of-charge software from other publishers, from their official sources (Ubuntu repositories, Flathub, GitHub, publishers' websites, official Docker images). When the publisher provides a checksum, Aura verifies it before installing. Each program remains its author's property under its own licence (for example Docker Engine, draw.io and BetterDiscord: Apache-2.0; Sonarr, Radarr, AdGuard Home, RetroArch, Live Captions: GPL-3.0; Jellyseerr, Gluetun, VSCodium, LocalSend: MIT; Immich, Standard Notes: AGPL-3.0).
Non-free software installed only at your request or for your hardware: the NVIDIA graphics driver (NVIDIA licence, installed from the Ubuntu repositories for cards that need it, for example on Microsoft Surface Studio), Discord and similar software. Their licence is their publisher's; Aura does not modify them.
Emulators come without any game or system file: only use games, BIOS and keys you legally own. Web links in the Launchpad lead to sites independent of Aura Linux, subject to their own terms.
Trademarks
Windows, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft 365, Surface and Fluent are trademarks of Microsoft. macOS and Apple are trademarks of Apple. ChromeOS, ChromeOS Flex, Android and Google Chrome are trademarks of Google. Opera is a trademark of Opera Norway AS. Ubuntu is a trademark of Canonical. NVIDIA and GeForce are trademarks of NVIDIA. Other names belong to their owners. Aura Linux is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by these companies. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera are not supported: their installation is blocked out of the box on Aura Linux. Aura's styles are visually inspired by them without reusing their software; Apple's emoji, which are not under a free licence, are not provided.
Patent and protection of Aura
In France and Europe, software “as such” cannot be patented (article L611-10 of the French Intellectual Property Code). Aura Linux is protected by copyright, acquired automatically upon creation, in the name of Yohan Simon. The publisher may register the “Aura Linux” trademark and logo with INPI and make an e-Soleau filing (dated proof of creation). See the copyright ownership declaration.
Respect for everyone
Aura Linux is made for everyone, regardless of origin, skin colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or opinion. Content shipped with Aura Linux contains nothing that incites hatred, violence or discrimination; any such content is removed in the next version.
Each user also chooses what they do not want to see: a media filter, off by default and fully editable, is in Settings > Privacy > Media filter. A parental control, also off by default, helps protect minors: Settings > Privacy > Parental control. In line with French law no. 2022-300 of 2 March 2022, it is free and offered at the very first login. Account by account, it blocks app installation (Store, Android, Flatpak) and access to the apps chosen by the parent.
Warranty and liability
Aura Linux is provided free of charge, “as is”, without warranty, within the limits set by law. Details are in the terms of use and the licence. Remember to back up your files (Aura Backup tool).
Yohan Simon, publisher of Aura Linux