Michael Matz wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013, Ovcharov Dmitry wrote:
Our company is software developer. Our software is proprietary RDF database. We would like to include our software package in the official Linux distribution repository. What do we need for this? A special license? Should we open source codes?
The process for including software without an OSI approved license into openSUSE is described at the bottom of https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Build_Service_application_blacklist
Basically you need to request an exception (via bugreport), and the software would then be put into the openSUSE:*:Non-Free projects. But note that exceptions are really _exceptions_, with good justification, like "many users will want to have this", which is the case for flash-player for instance. Such a case is hard to make for a RDF database, so you're probably not getting the exception. It doesn't hurt to ask, but don't be too disappointed if the answer comes back negative.
Actually I don't think there is any policy. Dimitry also asks for something that hasn't been asked before. Here the copyright owners of the software want to maintain their packages in our distro *themselves*. That's quite a different case from the repackaged stuff we have so far where the upstream company doesn't care at all. So while an open source license would of course be preferred, I don't see why a company shouldn't be allowed to distribute their software via our repos. Of course the package needs to adhere to the packaging guidelines etc like any other package as well. cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org