Re: Why is MythTV not in Debian?
Christofer C. Bell schreef:
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 6:18 AM, Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl
> <mailto:paul@vandervlis.nl>> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Why is MythTV only in debian-multimedia? It has a GPL license.
>
> What is good way to find out why a package is not in Debian main?
> I already searched debian-legal.
>
>
> Assuming that some piece of software is DFSG-Free, the only reason it
> would not be included is because no one has stepped up to maintain a
> package for it. Again, assuming it's DSFG-Free, there would be no
> obstacle to it being a part of Debian other than lack of a maintainer.
from: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/163269 :
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I'm a DD and would be happy to help out in this regard - I spoke to Matt
a while ago about the reasons behind not adding it to debian proper, and
as you say, it was down to licensing/legal issues.
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With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.
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