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
