Bug#924659: ITP: fossology -- FOSSology is an open source license compliance software system and toolkit.

[Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:15 PM Gaurav Mishra wrote:

> ITP: fossology -- FOSSology is an open source license compliance software system and toolkit.
...
>  - Why is this package useful/relevant?
>    - FOSSology is a famous tool used for open source license compliance.
>      We have a large database of users which can be benifited by
>      publishing this as a Debian package.

In 2016 Kate Stewart from the Linux Foundation was working on
packaging FOSSology, is this a continuation of that effort or a
parallel effort?

> - Are you looking for co-maintainers or a sponsor?
>   - We are looking for a sponsor to help us publish FOSSology as a
>     Debian package.

Please read through the guides:

https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers
https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/rfs-howto

PS: please see also our guide for reintroducing packages:

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch05.html#reintroducing-pkgs

-- 
bye,
pabs

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