.deb package for files in REDIST folder?

Accelerated Computing HPC Compilers nvc, nvc++ and nvfortran
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Hi,
Is there an official way to redistribute the files contained in /opt/nvidia/hpc_sdk/Linux_<platform>/<version>/REDIST?
I don’t quite understand legalese, but from reading the SLA, I’m under the impression that redistribution of the files inside this directory is permitted?
I would prefer a Debian package (.deb) form of these files, so I can place it on, say, a private GitHub repo for my personal use, notably to test my code with GitHub Actions and/or Travis CI.

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Correct, you are permitted to redistribute the runtime libraries contained in the REDIST directory.

I can put in a request for .deb file, but I’m not sure it’s something we would do. Also are you sure it’s something that’s needed? Typically folks only need a few of the libraries (for example a C++ program doesn’t need the Fortran runtime). Seems like it might be better to only include what you need in whatever deployment package you need for your particular case.

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Hi Mat,

For now, I believe I need only the Fortran and CUDA/cuBLAS/cuSPARSE runtime files. Maybe it would be helpful for other people too if NVIDIA would provide, say, a bash/python script that calls dialog/zenity to pick which libraries to include in the redistributable rpm/deb file?