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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: Am I allowed to package this?
From:       Rex Dieter <rdieter () math ! unl ! edu>
Date:       2018-09-10 12:27:18
Message-ID: pn5nr3$vd8$1 () blaine ! gmane ! org
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Jan Rybar wrote:

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

I don't think copr is appropriate either,
https://docs.pagure.org/copr.copr/user_documentation.html#faq

To me, makes it pretty clear that if it can't be in fedora, it can't be in 
copr either.

-- Rex

> 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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