Control: tags -1 + patch Here is a patch implementing the change, relative to the current git master branch. The license is quite close to the xfree86-1.0 one listed, but lacked the extra paragraph, so I added a new block.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright index e635007a..29eaf510 100644 --- a/debian/copyright +++ b/debian/copyright @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Copyright: 2007-2013 Daniel Baumann <m...@daniel-baumann.ch> 2022 Bryce Harrington <br...@canonical.com> License: GPL-2+ +Files: debian/open-vm-tools.metainfo.xml +Copyright: 2024 Petter Reinholdtsen <p...@debian.org> +License: MIT + License: BSD-3 This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by Chris Torek. . @@ -167,3 +171,22 @@ License: xfree86-1.0 author(s) shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the copyright holder(s) and author(s). + +License: MIT + Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy + of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal + in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights + to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell + copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is + furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + . + The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all + copies or substantial portions of the Software. + . + THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR + IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, + FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE + AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER + LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, + OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE + SOFTWARE. diff --git a/debian/open-vm-tools.install b/debian/open-vm-tools.install new file mode 100644 index 00000000..452200a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/open-vm-tools.install @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +debian/open-vm-tools.metainfo.xml usr/share/metainfo diff --git a/debian/open-vm-tools.metainfo.xml b/debian/open-vm-tools.metainfo.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..99492604 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/open-vm-tools.metainfo.xml @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<component> + <id>com.github.vmware.open-vm-tools</id> + <metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license> + <name>open-vm-tools</name> + <summary>Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)</summary> + <description> + <p>The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) project is an + open source implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of + virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the functionality, + user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines.</p> + + <p>This package contains only the core user-space programs and + libraries.</p> + </description> + <provides> + <modalias>dmi:*:svnVMWare*:*</modalias> + </provides> +</component> -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen