Re: XZX Copyright
In article <[🔎] 87bu3ehwza.fsf@slip-102-3.ots.utexas.edu> you write:
>Juan Cespedes <cespedes@etsit.upm.es> writes:
>
>> * warranty. THE CODE MAY NOT BE MODIFIED OR REUSED WITHOUT PERMISSION!
>>
>> Note the last line: "THE CODE MAY NOT BE MODIFIED". Does this
>> mean I cannot distribute a compiled (ie, modified) binary?
>
> Very weird. It looks like he took a standard copyright and added that
> last line in. The first part of the copyright gives permission to
> anyone, so perhaps that last sentence is meaningless.
>
> Why don't you contact him and ask him to just remove that last
> sentence, or explicitly say that he gives everyone permission (not
> just Debian).
When I was looking at packaging xzx, I wasn't sure about the copyright
on the Spectrum ROMs that are needed for it to work. Is their
redistribution restricted in any way?
(S)
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