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Re: ia32el package for Debian?



On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 11:16:15AM -0800, David Mosberger wrote:
> The IA-32 Execution Layer (IA-32 EL) is available for download from
> Intel:
> 
>   http://www.intel.com/software/products/opensource/opsys/IA32-EL/
> 
> I think the license may be liberal enough to allow for packaging and
> distribution by Debian.  This would be very helpful since it's a bit
> of a pain to install the bits by hand.

It certainly can't go into main, since there's no source.  Could it go
into non-free?  I'm not convinced by this bit:

   under a license agreement that has terms and conditions at least as
   restrictive as those set forth in Exhibit B, (Requirements for End
   User License Agreements)

http://www.intel.com/software/products/opensource/opsys/IA32-EL/IA32_eula1.htm

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