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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.  :)
> 
> --
> G. Branden Robinson                 |      "To be is to do"   -- Plato
> Purdue University                   |      "To do is to be"   -- Aristotle
> branden@purdue.edu                  |      "Do be do be do"   -- Sinatra
> http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |



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