hi I am not good at legal issues so I am cross posting this to debian-legal the problem: Debian Alpha is lacking a good browser the solution: there is a version of Netscape 4.7-4 that was compiled by Compaq for Tru64; this version is also distributed by RedHat for Alpha; some people have passed it thru alien and installed it, and it works; it would take me 20 minutes to upload it into Debian archives (unstable/non-free) the question: it contains some libraries by Compaq: can I upload it? The license follows. thanks. On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 01:11:01PM +0100, Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote: > > Hi, > > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Andrea Mennucc wrote: > > > what about uploading that package to the debian archives, in > > non-free? > > Do the license of Compaq and the Debian policy allow this? Presumably a > debian-maintainer with access-permission for uploads has to do this? > > The package is 16.6 MB large and this is the dpkg -I output: > > > new debian package, version 2.0. > size 16583190 bytes: control archive= 6444 bytes. > 0 bytes, 0 lines conffiles > 1582 bytes, 38 lines control > 15331 bytes, 197 lines md5sums > 257 bytes, 8 lines * postinst #!/bin/sh > 194 bytes, 6 lines * prerm #!/bin/sh > Package: netscape > Version: 4.7-4 > Section: alien > Priority: extra > Architecture: alpha > Installed-Size: 34054 > Maintainer: Kerstin Hoef-Emden <khe@alphons.emden.local> > Description: Netscape prebuilt for Alpha Linux > The Alpha Tru64 Unix version of Netscape, which runs on Alpha Linux. > Requires COFF support in the kernel. There may be problems running > Java > due to differences in the thread models between Tru64 Unix and Linux. > This RPM embeds the instructions at > http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/netscape_du.shtml. > Includes some Compaq Tru64 Unix libraries. > . > Disclaimer of Warranty: > . > The products and product information furnished hereunder are > furnished > "AS IS" without warranty, service or support of any kind. You > assume > all risks as to the quality or performance of the products and > responsibility for any costs associated with the service or support > of the products. COMPAQ disclaims all implied warranties including, > without limitation, all implied warranties of merchantability and > fitness. > . > Limitation of Liability: > . > In no event will COMPAQ be liable for any damages whatsoever, > including > loss of data or use, lost profits, or any incidential or > consequential > damages arising out of or in connection with this agreement or the > use > or performance of the products, whether in an action of contract or > tort including negligence. > . > %changes > Repackaged to install files directly rather than by running a script > to unpack a tar file. > . > Moved install directories from /usr/local/... to /usr/lib/... to match > RedHat 6.1 for Intel. > > --------------------EOF--------------------------------------------------- > > ps: please someone send me a link to an URL from which I may download the .rpm and the .deb a. -- A Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone)
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