MMIX License
Hello,
I am planning to adopt the mmix-src package. As it is stated in the
description:
Due to license considerations, this package will only extract the
source code for MMIX onto your system. After installation, you will
have to build mmix and separately install it.
it is included in non-free.
I have been reading the license, that I send attached, and I cannot
figure exactly why this decision was made.
The original tar is in source form, but I think it should be possible
to compile it to produce binary packages as long as no modifications
are being done in the original files.
So, is it possible to move it to main and shipping it in binary form?
(that means the package name should also be changed).
Thanks
Pablo S. Torralba
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MMIX License
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copyright 1999 Donald E. Knuth
This file may be freely copied and distributed, provided that no
changes whatsoever are made. All users are asked to help keep the
MMIXware files consistent and ``uncorrupted,'' identical
everywhere in the world. Changes are permissible only if the
modified file is given a new name, different from the names of
existing files in the MMIXware package, and only if the modified
file is clearly identified as not being part of that package.
(The CWEB system has a ``change file'' facility by which users can
easily make minor alterations without modifying the master source
files in any way. Everybody is supposed to use change files
instead of changing the files.) The author has tried his best to
produce correct and useful programs, in order to help promote
computer science research, but no warranty of any kind should be
assumed.
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