On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 06:23:03PM +0100, Will Newton wrote:
> 3. The ns package has a quite ludicrous number of different licenses attached
> to it, is there someone who I can get to have a look at it and decide what
> exactly the free-ness of it is? tclcl is also under the old BSD license which
> I'm not sure is free enough for Debian main.
Try emailing the details to debian-legal, which is a list set up for
exactly this purpose. As for the old BSD license, I believe it is
DFSG-free and can go into main, although it is not GPL-compatible.
Please, if I'm wrong and someone can explain why, go ahead. Debian-legal
would be a good place to have such a discussion. (I probably will only
participate to a small degree since I am preparing to leave soon for a
vacation.)
As for your question about how general the interest is, there are lots
of special-interest packages in Debian. I would suggest making your
package priority extra rather than optional if it is rather specialized,
but that should not exclude it from Debian. For example, take a look at
the package description for 'libtowitoko2', which is a library that
"provides CT-API and PCSC IFD handler implementation for Towitoko
smartcard readers." The vast majority of Debian users have no use for
such a package, yet it is in Debian (with priority extra).
Hope this helps.
- Jimmy Kaplowitz
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