On 07/12/12 11:50, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > To ease the installation of the various Epson drivers [0], I'd like to get > them uploaded to Debian (even non-free would be an improvement over their > download page).
That would be nice, but no permission has been given to redistribute them, and... > But these packages all come with the "SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SOFTWARE > LICENSE > AGREEMENT" (attached), which I wonder if it allows redistribution through > Debian's non-free. tl;dr: no. | 2. [...] You may not share, rent, lease, encumber, | sublicense or lend the Software. ... this specifically forbids "sharing". You'd need specific permission from the copyright holders: at a minimum, Debian and its mirrors need to be allowed to redistribute whatever you package in non-free. It even goes further: | 5. [...] You agree to use your best efforts and take | all reasonable steps to safeguard the Software to ensure that no | unauthorized person has access to them and that no unauthorized copy, | publication, disclosure or distribution of any of the Software is | made. You acknowledge that [...] unauthorized use and copying are | harmful to EPSON and its suppliers which is obviously not possible for Debian to agree to, given that if it was in non-free, we'd be using our best efforts to ensure that everyone on the Internet can get a copy! :-) Another possible route would be to take the same approach as game-data-packager, java-package, googleearth-package and friends: require the user to download their own copy, and provide a script to mangle it into an installable .deb on their own system, at their own legal risk. S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50c1e043.9010...@debian.org