Thanks, I'll working on it. 2009/11/11 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net>
> 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/ \_/ > > -- Liang Guo http://bluestone.cublog.cn
