Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/05/22/15:30:49
DJ Delorie wrote:
> > I wish to make a small distribution of DJGPP for a specific purpose,
. . .
> > Who should I contact to obtain permission for this?
. . .
> In general, programs come with redistribution terms; you don't need to
> ask a *person* permission because chances are you've already been
> granted it.
I was just about to ask a similar question when I saw that exchange.
Unfortunately, I don't know if I have my answer yet.
I would like to distribute a few .c files, which I got from
djlsr201.zip, with an appropriate statement about where they came from.
I will be distributing a COFF .o file compiled with DJGPP from my
own source code, which I will NOT be releasing. I believe/hope that
conversion methods exists which will allow someone to combine that .o
file with local libc routines (fopen, printf etc.) on a platform other
than DOS to get a local version of the executable.
In addition to routines that exist in the target libc, my .o calls
a few routines like strupr and fnsplit, that are not in the target
system's libraries. I can direct the end user to get djlsr201.zip
themselves and extract the source code (and modify fnsplit if
necessary for local path syntax). I want to know whether I can
save them that step by including parts of djlsr201.zip in my own
distribution.
The routines I need all refer to COPYING.DJ; I was surprised to
discover that I can't find a copy of that document (which may contain
the answer to my question). I may be misusing unzip, but I can't
seem to find it in any of the .zip files I downloaded.
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