Re: Intent to package: xtrs
Looks like both atari800 and vice are in contrib. I would say that
contrib is appropriate for this one too. Of course, publishing the ROMs
themselves is breaking the law, so they don't go anywhere. :)
Ben.
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Branden Robinson wrote:
> I am declaring my intention to package xtrs, a TRS-80 emulator for X
> windows.
>
> The most recent version is 1.7, released by Tim Mann. xtrs 1.0 was
> written by David Gingold and Alec Wolman, but Tim Mann has been doing all
> development since then (over the past couple of years).
>
> The source may be obtained from:
> http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/trs80/xtrs-1.7.tar.gz
>
> The source distribution does not have a separate copyright file, but here
> is the notice at the top of main.c:
>
> /*
> * Copyright (C) 1992 Clarendon Hill Software.
> *
> * Permission is granted to any individual or institution to use, copy,
> * or redistribute this software, provided this copyright notice is retained.
> *
> * This software is provided "as is" without any expressed or implied
> * warranty. If this software brings on any sort of damage -- physical,
> * monetary, emotional, or brain -- too bad. You've got no one to blame
> * but yourself.
> *
> * The software may be modified for your own purposes, but modified versions
> * must retain this notice.
> */
>
> /*
> Modified by Timothy Mann, 1996
> Last modified on Tue Sep 30 13:15:25 PDT 1997 by mann
> */
>
> I presume that this falls within the umbrella of the DFSG. As far as I can
> interpret it meets the nine criteria presented (the 10th is an example).
>
> This package, however, does require ROM images to function meaningfully.
> These are under more restrictive copyright by Tandy, Radio Shack, or
> Microsoft. Should this package, then, go in contrib or non-free? Or main,
> since the source itself is free? My suspicion is contrib, but I just want
> to make sure.
>
> I should have this packaged up in the next couple of weeks with any luck.
> I do have other things I should be doing. :)
>
> --
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