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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: Am I allowed to package this?
From:       Jan Rybar <jrybar () redhat ! com>
Date:       2018-09-10 7:47:29
Message-ID: 00074356-d225-c179-0678-5aa56f77293f () redhat ! com
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Hi Abhiram,

you can make COPR. No one asks, no harm done, everyone's happy.

On 09/08/2018 02:52 PM, Neal Gompa wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 8:49 AM Abhiram Kuchibhotla
> <axeld@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > So, the other day I ordered a USB Wireless AC adapter for my pc, and I was \
> > surprised to see that it didn't automatically start working. After looking \
> > around, I came across this tutorial that mentioned this github page. 
> > The driver installation worked, and the device runs.
> > 
> > So, I would like to package it for Fedora, but I am not sure if it is allowed. \
> > The github page's LICENSE document says GPLv2, but I just wanted to make sure \
> > before I packaged it. 
> > Could someone please help me out?
> 
> kmod packages are not permitted in Fedora, in any form:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_External_Kernel_Modules
> 
> Instead, you should work with the Fedora kernel maintainers to figure
> out what's needed to make it work upstream.
> 
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