Re: Am I allowed to package this?

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Ah! Thanks for the reply! 
I'll do that then! 

On Sat 8 Sep, 2018, 6:28 PM Neal Gompa, <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 8:49 AM Abhiram Kuchibhotla
<axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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