Hi! I have a question about a program that I am thinking about packaging: It is a transfer programı licened according to GPL, but comes with some program code that you download to the remote computer. That code is also GPL, but the program used to compile those sources is not DFSG free. The remote computer software is available in both source and binary forms in the packages.
So, my question is, if I did package this, can I place it in main, or must it go into contrib? Or could I package the main program in main, and the remote computer routines in contrib? Or could I put those in main as well (remember, they are themselves GPLed), using the binary versions? If I can't use the pre-compiled remote computer binaries, must the program used to generate them² be packaged? The legality of the modified version used is questionable, since the original license states that no modifications are allowed, and the author seems to have disappeared from the face of the planet, according to the comments in the modified version. ıcbmlink, <URL:http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/crossplatform/transfer/C2N232/index.html> ²dasm, <URL:http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/programming/unix/index.html> -- \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ I do not read or respond to mail with HTML attachments. Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter/reklampost.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
