From: "John S. Fine" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Legalities of a mini-distribution of DJGPP? Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:28:59 -0400 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 38 Message-ID: <3565D1FB.6FA2@erols.com> References: <199805221233 DOT IAA21373 AT delorie DOT com> Reply-To: johnfine AT erols DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: 207-172-241-239.s48.as8.bsd.erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk 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. -- http://www.erols.com/johnfine/ http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/8600/