Our application needs docker to run.
I am thinking about automating docker download and installation process, into a script, we (a company) will provide installation script to customer, then customer while using our script to install Docker software and our software on top of it, will be asked by “Docker Desktop” app to agree on licensing terms. In that case do we run in any licensing issues with Docker software? Or it’s fully customer responsibility to purchase docker license if needed, and we’re just a script provider? Script is a paid non-free software.
Just using Docker Desktop doesn’t require any subscriptions for personal use and small companies, so a script that helps to install Docker Desktop is nothing else just a tool to automate the installation and it was done on macOS as well in the HomeBrew package manager.
So I’m pretty sure you can make that script and use it, but license and subscription could be required when you install Docker Desktop on a machine in a large company. What large company means is explained here:
It also includes “government entities”
Obviously you can’t state that Docker Desktop is your product and I would also add a link somewhere to the Docker Desktop documentation to make it clear.