On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 06:00:00AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 10:36:24AM +0100, Birgitt Simon wrote: > > Dear Sirs, > > > > we know you as a distributor of program packages for Linux. We, the H+BEDV > > Datentechnik GmbH, are developer and distributor of the virus protection > > program AntiVir for Linux. Since 1988, when the number of computer viruses > > in Germany could be counted on one hand, we deal with the subject virus > > protection. In the last 11 years we won a lot of awards for our anti-virus > > products in Germany. Our main market is currently Germany and the german > > speaking market. Now we are going to expand our distribution area. > > > > We would like to make you following suggestion, for our both advantage. > > > > We offer you a free version from AntiVir for Linux, so that you will > > deliver our program with your next distribution CD-ROM. So your customers > > are able to use a virus protection program under Linux and you add value to > > your program package. > > I'm sure someone would be happy to package it in .deb format, but by the > sounds of your message neither source is included and only non-commercial > use is permitted. Either one of these would cause Debian to place your > product in its non-free section as it fails the Debian Free Software > Guidelines (http://www.debian.org/social_contract). The package would be on > the FTP mirrors and people could download and even distribute on CD-ROM that > package, but the non-free section would never be distributed by Debian. > Many vendors do though, so it's probably not a major worry.
I didn't catch the begining of this thead but... if noone else has stepped up I would be happy to work on this. (from the first statement of "I'm sure someone would be happy to package it in .deb format" it sounds like noone has yet) I can't make out from the snippit of the original message if this would be distributable via FTP site like this or not...seems like it... but if not I would be happy to package it in deb format so that it could be distributed by others that way. -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
