This could be fun... I emailed the author with the following questions: 1. What license is it released under for Linux? 2. Since it is a binary and not source for installation, we would install it under /opt . What locations are recommened for the files specifically resources.tar, boot.pixicode and pixilang_config.ini and which are actually required for linux? 3. Should resources.tar be untarred and moved to a different location? 4. Have you considered adding version numbers to the file name so that we can know when to install a new version?
Here are his responses: Hello Matt! Thank you! :) 1. I think it is just Freeware :) 2. Possible directories for pixilang_config.ini: * /home/username/ * Current Working Directory (as i know you can set it by "cd dir_name" command) And possible directory for resources.tar and boot.pixicode is the Current Working Directory. 3. resources.tar - no, please don't unpack this archive, it is used by Pixilang as binary file. 4. How about this format: virtual_ans-2.0.zip ? I can make it for you on the site. I am not sure what to do about the license since it doesn't seem to be referenced on his web page. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Karl Lindén <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi! > > I am not sure there is a poilicy, but Gentoo does make non-free software > available in the same ways as the free software. Feel free to package it > and host it in the overlay. However, you should take the following in > consideration when packaging it: > > 1. Make sure the package has a valid license. You should get a license > from the homepage or the author and put it in the licenses/ directory in > the overlay. After that it is just to specify the license in > LICENSE="some-license" > 2. Pre-compiled packages should go into /opt. > 3. You must not allow the package manager to download the application if > that is disallowed by the author. You can handle that with > RESTRICT="fetch", if you need to. > > Those are the things I can think of now, but I might have missed something. > > Cheers, > Karl > > > 2013/11/4 Matt Henley <[email protected]> > >> I found an interesting synth for my android phone the other day called >> VirtualANS ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANS_synthesizer ). Going to >> the authors website ( http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/ ) I realized that it >> included a linux version including JACK support. It does not include >> source or nice a nice installer. I have it running acceptably (command >> line only so far) but was thinking about what would be required to package >> it nicely for gentoo. Also.. does proaudio have a policy about >> non-opensource programs? It is based on pixilang (same author) which >> includes source and is under MIT license. >> >> Matt >> > >
