On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 17:42, Damien Raude-Morvan <draz...@drazzib.com> wrote: > [This time a full email...] > > Hi Joey, > >> On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:05:22 +0100, Joey Parrish > <joey.parr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> * Package name : flex-sdk >> Version : 4.1.0.16076 >> Upstream Author : Adobe Systems Incorporated >> * URL : >> http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+4 >> * License : MPL v1.1 >> Programming Lang: Java >> Description : The Adobe Flex SDK > > I don't know if it's your first Debian package but it will be a hard > one... > > I've looked a bit a 3.3 release and found quite disapointed by many files > in Flex SVN > which had no-licence or were using some non-free licence. You'll have to > do a very carefull > review of every source file in tarball. > > You'll find more information here : > http://ovirt.et.redhat.com/page/FlexSDK_RPM > > You can also join Flash Packaging Team on Alioth to work in our common SVN > repository : > https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-flash/ > > Cheers, > -- > Damien >
Yes, it is my first package. I'll admit, the technical stuff is not nearly so complex as the legal stuff. I've had a perfectly functional package installed for a few days now. I thought it would be a matter of cleaning up policy violations and I'd be able to move forward with it. I cleared up all lintian warnings, read all the policy docs, and everything seemed to meet specs. Then I realized that my debian/copyright file was insufficient. Since then, I've not been able to make any clear progress. I thought I knew what the license was, but I'm just getting lost trying to make sure. According to Adobe's website, everything in the open-source package is MPL, and all of the closed-source code is in a separate package under the Adobe Flex SDK License. However, the readme.htm in the open-source package says that everything not explicitly listed otherwise is under the Adobe Flex SDK License. There's a list of folders licensed under the MPL, and a list of all the third-party software and its licenses... but all of the samples and xml manifests and such are in the "not explicitly listed" category. Taking one random example, mx-manifest.xml says: <!-- ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated All Rights Reserved. NOTICE: Adobe permits you to use, modify, and distribute this file in accordance with the terms of the license agreement accompanying it. --> I guess that would mean that the "license" referred to by this file is the Adobe Flex SDK License, not the MPL. I haven't taken the time to try to interpret the Adobe Flex SDK License yet. As I understand it though, so long as everything's re-distributable, I could at least target non-free. Do I have that right? At what point should I ask for help on the legal list? Thanks, --Joey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimupvs1q-nrej7v75vyktwhsupmp1rkj_vrp...@mail.gmail.com