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Packaging and license issuesI looked through package requests on the club the other day and found this truecrypt software that someone else already had done most of the package work on, cool until I read the license after finishing up my work on it.. Well, I took a glance at truecrypt some time ago since it being requested on the club, I didn't do much more as the software didn't seem that friendly to being packaged.. Then the other day I stumbled across someone who had actually packaged it for Mandriva, quite good package quality for a third party package too! After adapting the package and polishing it to make it perfect, about to finish it up I noticed the non-standard license. Taking a closer look at the license it made me decide not to publish my work, it wasn't released under a license that can be considered free(which means that I cannot upload the package to cooker) and also it had way too many terms to be met that I dare to publish it on the club. Annoying! Well, in the future I'll be sure to investigate this way earlier in the process of packaging software.. *grin* Tomorrow I'll be leaving for Sweden to visit a friend, will be back at the end of the weekend. :) |