Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 12:20:01 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: ports/5667 - Set the NO_CDROM and NO_PACKAGE variables for vice-0.13.0.tar.gz Message-ID: <199802072020.MAA24608@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/5667; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>
To: Douglas Carmichael <dcarmich@mcs.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ports/5667 - Set the NO_CDROM and NO_PACKAGE variables for vice-0.13.0.tar.gz
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 15:12:58 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Douglas Carmichael wrote:
> Subject: Re: ports/5667 - Set the NO_CDROM and NO_PACKAGE variables for vice-0.13.0.tar.gz
>
> The following reply was made to PR ports/5667; it has been noted by GNATS.
[...]
> The ROM files in the `C64', `PET' and `VIC20' directories are Copyright (c)
> by Commodore Business Machines.
Do you know what Commodore has licensed them under? Could you
ask the authors if Commodore has placed these in the public
domain, or what right they have to use them? The authors don't
seem to make any mention of the issue other than saying their
comment about the Copyright... :-(
[For others -- the files in question are binary files copyright
Commodore. They're used to emulate some ancient machine (Vic20,
C64, and PET) which can't have any possible monetary value for
Commodore anymore, so it's quite possible they're in the public
domain and whatever documentation to that effect from Commodore
just disappeared somewhere]
--
tIM...HOEk
OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
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