[Pkg-security-team] Intention to packaging burpsuite

[Marcos Fouces]

Hi team!

This is a really great tool and, at present, there is no free 
replacement but I share the same concerns as Arturo.

IMHO distributing software this way is not a good practice. Anyway,good 
luck with packaging!

Greetings

Marcos



El 30/07/16 a las 16:22, Eder L. Marques escribió:
> On 30-07-2016 05:01, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
>> Hi Eder,
>>
>> a couple of question unrelated to the packaging itself. It's more my own
>> curiosity.
>
>> Have you discussed with upstream (or propose) to switch to a FLOSS
>> license? (ie, something like GPL).
>
> Not yet. Although I assume that it will not going to happen, as he is 
> not wiling to liberate the code, that is a question that I will 
> definitively ask, among other improvements (including signing the 
> "tarball", uscan friendly distribution, etc.)
>
>> Also, is there any other justification for a new non-free package apart
>> of it being useful?
>
> IMHO, it is the ultimately reason.
>
> I wish it was a free as in freedom software instead a free.
>
> The number of users is already big (it is a top 10 security tool),
> and the packaging itself is something that I will be able to handle. :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eder L. Marques (frolic)
>
>
>
>
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