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/ \_/
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