Re: About software from other distribution
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:04:49AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
[...]
Or, (ala PINE) the copyright holder could have an odd view of a
normally acceptable license.
[...]
A less useful example these days, now that recent versions of PINE
(circa Alpine 1.0 in late 2007) are released under the Apache
License:
http://www.washington.edu/alpine/overview/story.html
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Re: About software from other distribution
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:39:58AM +0800, Liang Guo wrote: Currently I'm using qspice, a Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE) client as my console to connect to KVM. qspice is a utility from RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.4, and It is licensed under GNU GPLv2. qspice and related libraries can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/ as SRPM format, may I package it for Debian ? Sure, there doesn't appear to be an existing ITP, and the licence is fine. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: About software from other distribution
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 10:39:58 Liang Guo wrote: Currently I'm using qspice, a Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE) client as my console to connect to KVM. qspice is a utility from RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.4, and It is licensed under GNU GPLv2. qspice and related libraries can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/ as SRPM format, may I package it for Debian ? It doesn't matter who upstream is, as long as the software is DFSG-free [1], the maintainer is willing to do the work, and it would be useful for Debian users [2] it can be considered for Debian. Even if it is not DFSG-free, it might be allowed in non-free. [1] In practice, patent or trademark claims could make something not DFSG-free even if the copyright holder uses a good license. Or, (ala PINE) the copyright holder could have an odd view of a normally acceptable license. [2] If there's already a package that fills the same role, your package might not be considered useful for Debian users. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: About software from other distribution
Thanks, I'll working on it. 2009/11/11 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net On Tuesday 10 November 2009 10:39:58 Liang Guo wrote: Currently I'm using qspice, a Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE) client as my console to connect to KVM. qspice is a utility from RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.4, and It is licensed under GNU GPLv2. qspice and related libraries can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/ as SRPM format, may I package it for Debian ? It doesn't matter who upstream is, as long as the software is DFSG-free [1], the maintainer is willing to do the work, and it would be useful for Debian users [2] it can be considered for Debian. Even if it is not DFSG-free, it might be allowed in non-free. [1] In practice, patent or trademark claims could make something not DFSG-free even if the copyright holder uses a good license. Or, (ala PINE) the copyright holder could have an odd view of a normally acceptable license. [2] If there's already a package that fills the same role, your package might not be considered useful for Debian users. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ -- Liang Guo http://bluestone.cublog.cn
