Re: Question about packaging eligibility under DFSG

[Mechtilde Stehmann]

Hello,

Am 21.09.26 um 16:19 schrieb Andrew Yurovchak:

Hello debian-legal,

I am looking into packaging a tool called mtkclient 
(https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient),
and someone who had attempted to package it previously had some concerns about 
its eligibility.

For context, the application is a flash tool for mediatek devices that uses 
"payload" binaries
to get the device into a flashable state. It isn't clear where these binaries 
are sourced from,
though the application is licensed under GPLv3. Is the application able to be 
packaged as is? If
not, what needs to happen before it can be?

Debian doesn't ship any package which violates licenses.

At the first step the project mtkclient must mot violate the GPL-3.0. This means you must ship all source code.

Thanks,
Andrew

Regards

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