On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:23:04PM +0100, Ottavio Campana said
> Basic stamp is a good micro for teaching in the schools, it's much
> easier than other micros, so I think it should be important for debian
> to include it. But can it be possible? I mean, could I submit a package
> for the non-free section of debian (if I find a mentor)? Or should I
> create a package with only the free software and create a script that
> downloads the shared object from the parallax site and submit the deb to
> the contrib section?
It depends entirely on the license of the object. Is it freely
re-distributable?
> If anyone of you has got some ideas and wants to see the source, the url
> is http://www.campana.vi.it/ottavio/progetti/basicstamp-1.0.tar.gz
From PBASIC_Tokenizer_Software_Distribution_License.txt:
4. Distribution of Software Requires Signed Agreement. If Licensee plans on
distributing a copy of the PBASIC Tokenizer Library software, Parallax
requires that Licensee submit a copy of each Licensee signed agreement
relating to that PBASIC Tokenizer Library software using the contact
information shown at the bottom indicating that Licensee agrees to the
terms of this License and will administer the protections provided
Parallax in all subsequent Licenses issued by Licensee.
Um...Are you willing to do this? Or does Debian itself need to sign this
license before it can go in non-Free? If you do want to try getting this into
non-Free, ask for opinions on the debian-legal list, including a full copy of
the license in your mail.
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