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List:       fedora-extras-list
Subject:    Re: iscan license question
From:       Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler () chello ! at>
Date:       2006-01-26 22:45:29
Message-ID: loom.20060126T234325-603 () post ! gmane ! org
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> > > > Don't include any binary only bits, and we dodge the iffy RE clause. 
> > > Which is what I'll do and make a similar package for livna, including 
only 
> > > the binary parts. 
> >  
> > That seems like the best plan of action. 
>  
> Would be, if iscan could be packaged that way. Unfortunately, it still 
requires 
> a non-free, binary-only library libesmod.so.1. So, is it OK to package that 
> library even if we don't have its source? 
 
IMHO, this would blatantly violate Fedora Extras guidelines. Why don't you just 
package the whole thing for Livna or somewhere else? I doubt it would be usable 
without the binary stuff anyway, so what's the point of putting unusable libs 
into Extras? 

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