This package is not part of Debian GNU/Linux because it contains software in binary form for the Mwave digital signal processor (DSP) for which no source code is available, in contravention of Debian's free software guidelines. Driver and userspace software ----------------------------- Source code was obtained from http://oss.software.ibm.com/acpmodem/ . Copyright: (C) Copyright International Business Machines Corp. 1999. All Rights Reserved. License: GPL version 2 or (at the licensee's option) any later version. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL . DSP binaries ------------ License: Freely distributable --- Beginning of note about the DSP binaries --- The author, Paul Schroeder, writes on behalf of his employer, IBM, that the DSP binaries may be distributed by Debian. The fact that the DSP binaries are furnished without source code should not be considered an impediment to distributing any of the code in the mwavem package, including that which is licensed under the GPL. Note that although the DSP binaries are legally distributable by Debian, they don't come with source code and thus do not satisfy the Debian Free Software Guidelines. It is my judgment as the maintainer of the package that this fact makes the package ineligible for the "main" section of the archive; it must be kept in the "non-free" section. -- Thomas Hood 12 May 2004 --- End of note about the DSP binaries --- This package was debianized by tony mancill on Thu, 6 Dec 2001 23:29:52 -0800, based on packaging by Thomas Hood. It is now maintained by the participants in the pkg-mwavem project at alioth.debian.org.