Does proprietary packages end up in the multiverse repo?

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I'd like to know the answer :)

I thought that I have already provided an answer in your question https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/269835 by referring you to http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/licensing and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories

Main: ... free software ... freely redistributed ... open-source ...
Restricted: ... exceptions for a small set of tools and drivers that make it possible to install Ubuntu ...
Universe: ... open-source ...
Multiverse: The multiverse component contains software that is not free, which means the licensing requirements of this software do not meet the Ubuntu main component licence policy. ...

So if your software qualifies for inclusion in the official Ubuntu repositories, then it can only be in multiverse, because you do not want to disclose the source code, and because it will not qualify for "restricted" (certain proprietary display and WLAN drivers etc.).

(Remark: You have not revealed enough information about your software that it is possible to judge whether it fulfills the requirements to be included in the standard Ubuntu repositories at all. Maybe you should start providing it in a PPA.)

Hi Manfred,

Thank you for reply. It is not clear whether adding software to Ubuntu Software Center implies adding it to ubuntu repositories. It's not clear, what information do you need to decide whether it qualifies for multiverse. Isn't the dependency on VirtualBox 4.3+ which is in multiverse and being closed source enough? Cannot author of an application explicitly requrst multiverse given vbox dependency?

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The Q above are not addressed.

It's not clear how to publish software in USC so that multiverse dependency guaranteed to be resolvable.

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And I still want to understand the correlation between USC and repositories.

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And this is still not clear whether by submitting proprietary, closed-source project to USC I can rely that multiverse dependencies will be resolvable.

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