On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 11:18:25AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 09:55:19AM -0400, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > I'm sure someone would be happy to package it in .deb format, but by the > > > sounds of your message neither source is included and only non-commercial > > > use is permitted. Either one of these would cause Debian to place your > > > product in its non-free section as it fails the Debian Free Software > > > Guidelines (http://www.debian.org/social_contract). The package would be > > > on > > > the FTP mirrors and people could download and even distribute on CD-ROM > > > that > > > package, but the non-free section would never be distributed by Debian. > > > Many vendors do though, so it's probably not a major worry. > > > > I didn't catch the begining of this thead but... > > if noone else has stepped up I would be happy to work on this. > > (from the first statement of "I'm sure someone would be happy to package > > it in .deb format" it sounds like noone has yet) > > Nope, but if you want to go ahead and contact them for info. I'm not > terribly interested in packaging something that'd have to go into non-free > if it wasn't something I'd really use everyday. Since I have no windoze > boxen on this LAN (or even really a LAN at this time) there's no need for me > to run antivirus software.
ahh well... I don't actually have any windows machines myself (well I do at work) but...I wouldn't plan on testing it like that anyway (I ONCE downloaded a live virus to test a scanner...long story) I figure such a product is good for buisnesses like where I work... we have a good sized network and ocasionally get ravaged by some new virus. > > > I can't make out from the snippit of the original message if this would be > > distributable via FTP site like this or not...seems like it... > > but if not I would be happy to package it in deb format so that it could > > be distributed by others that way. > > Permission for Debian redistribution is fine for a non-free package, but in > order to be in main (and on ALL Debian CDs) it would have to be essentially > free to all with source code.. Of course one can make a "professional" > version that is non-free and you can suggest commercial businesses use that, > maybe it'd have some kind of network support or something. But the version > Debian would be able to distribute in main would have to be free, with > source, allowed to be distributed further than Debian, and no requirements > as to who can or cannot use it. Otherwise it's not Free Software and is > just software you don't have to pay for.. Yes I know ;) Of course..it COULD be free software and have the virus definitions be non-free ;) then it could go in contrib (unless somone develops free virus defs) As for contacting them...I believe I did? My message saying I would do it was sent to "ALL"..which I believe includes someone from their company. If I don't hear anything within a few days ill contact them seprately um...any idea on what a good contact adress is for them? as I said.. I didn't catch the start of this thread -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"