ms-sys in rpmfusion?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Fri Feb 20 13:44:01 CET 2015


Jaroslav Skarvada wrote:
> ms-sys is a Linux program for writing boot records, including
> Microsoft compatible boot records [1]. The code is under GPLv2+,
> but it seems it embeds some Microsoft IP - hexdumps of MS boot
> records stored in C header files. Fedora refused this package [2].
> My question is: is the ms-sys package eligible for rpmfusion?

I don't think so. The hexdumps contained in there are not redistributable at 
all. RPM Fusion ships only what can be legally redistributed, at least by 
RPM Fusion itself.

IMHO, you should rather try to get
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ms-sys-free/ into Fedora instead.

        Kevin Kofler


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