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transcend for Debian
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Mail from "Jason Rohrer" <rohrer@soe.ucsc.edu> regarding the program's
license (GPL):
Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:19:53 -0400
Hey, thanks for working on this.
I use the same makefile templates for all of my projects. The __ppc__ flag is
used by some crypto code that is in other projects. That flag is *not*
necessary for Transcend (so feel free to remove it).
I generally do not include a copy of the GPL with my software. That's just
the way I do things... maybe I should change that. Some people also include a
copy (or portion) of the GPL at the top of each and every source file. As a
programmer, I feel that this wastes screen space, since I constantly have to
scroll past it every time I look at the code.
What kind of distribution are you making? If it is a binary distribution
(like a binary .deb), then you don't need a license file, right? Maybe you need
one for a source distribution.
You have my permission to add a copy of the GPL, or a readme that mentions the
GPL, in whatever distribution you create.
Thanks again for working on a package. Please let me know how it turns out.
Jason
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:37:25 +0200 (CEST)
Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es> wrote:
> I've found at http://transcend.sourceforge.net/ the game Transcend, which I
> find to be really nice and innovative. I'm building a package for the Debian
> system out of it, but I have a couple of doubts.
>
> In first place, there are different makefiles for Linux X86 and Linux PPC.
The
> only difference between them seems to be -D__ppc__ in
PLATFORM_COMPILE_FLAGS,
> What does it mean? Is it really necessary?
>
> On the other hand, even when at the web page is stated that the program is
to
> be distributed unger the GNU GPL License, that is not clearly said inside
the
> source tar.gz file. It would be nice that there was a notice in a readme
file
> saying clearly that all the files of the program, source files and level
data,
> are distributed under the GPL License, or something like that, and to
include
> a copy of the license in the tar.gz file too. Would that be possible?
>
> Thanks in advance, and greetings,
> Miry
-- Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>, Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:58:59 +0200
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