[needs-packaging] fibocom-pc-services

[Kai-Chuan Hsieh]

The package contains Fibocom maintained linux applications for Fibocom produced wwan modules.

URL: https://github.com/fibocom-pc/linux_apps_opensource
License: GPLv2
Notes: The package includes 4 applications
Flash service: Service provides firmware update, firmware switch and recovery function.
Ma service: Service provides fccunlock capability, which is a prebuilt binary.
Config service: Service for doing device configuration for specific OEM.
Helper service: Service for providing dbus interface for Flash/Ma/Config service.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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[Kai-Chuan Hsieh (kchsieh)]

repo: https://code.launchpad.net/~kchsieh/+git/fibocom-pc-services
PPA: https://launchpad.net/~kchsieh/+archive/ubuntu/fibocom-pc-services

[Kai-Chuan Hsieh (kchsieh)]

Feedback from ubuntu-motu.

There is problem about the file application/fibo_ma_service/fibo_ma.

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It looks like, technically, they're distributing that binary under the GPLv2, which means that anyone can ask for the source and expect to receive it.

If they relicense that file with, say, the MIT license, then it could go into Debian non-free (without the modaliases bit, because apparently Debian doesn't have that?) and then we'd take the Debian package and re-add the modaliases bit as an Ubuntu-specific diff.
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[Kai-Chuan Hsieh (kchsieh)]

Upload debian/sid branch which removes modaliases bit and relicense the fibo_ma bianry.

https://code.launchpad.net/~kchsieh/+git/fibocom-pc-services/+ref/debian/sid

[Kai-Chuan Hsieh (kchsieh)]

ITP bug created. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074405

[Kai-Chuan Hsieh (kchsieh)]

Package upload to Debian https://mentors.debian.net/package/fibocom-pc-services/