Hi, As far as it goes, I think we permit *anyone* to make .deb packages. We just do not distribute these packages. There is never an issue that any non-Debian party made .deb packages (I think we sould invite people to do so). manoj -- "Meet me in the bedroom in five minutes... and bring a cattle prod!" Woody Allen's "What's Up Tiger Lily" Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:srivasta@acm.org> Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>