09.04.2021 23:45:47 Xiao-Yong Jin <meta....@gmail.com>:
On Apr 9, 2021, at 12:57 PM, sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9f...@sirjofri.de>
wrote:
Writer's Workbench
https://git.sr.ht/~sirjofri/wwb9
(Works on 9, but I need to make it better for different platforms and
some tools need adjustments. Send patches.)
What exactly is the license? Even just reading code of unclear license
could get many people in trouble.
TL;DR: "non-commercial
copying, distribution, performance, display or creation of derivative
works" is allowed.
Sadly the license is not open-source! That's why I added the note and
didn't change much, especially not the license notes. I also didn't add
license information on purpose, so people like you will have to ask and
search for more info.
See this document for more info about why I felt free to port it:
https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/Norman_v9/statement_regarding_Unix_3-7-17.pdf
"will not assert its copyright rights with respect to any non-commercial
copying, distribution, performance, display or creation of derivative
works"
If I understand that correctly I should be fine and the distribution of
the port is legal under the mentioned terms, but of course I cannot
simply change the license. It is _not_ my code nor my software, I just
made it work on 9 and added some rc files. My additions can be considered
as open source, but I'm not sure if I can just state that in the repo.
I should add some notes about the original source and the statement, I
think.
I hope this helps. I don't think I can help more than that, and Ianal. If
you need help with the software you can ask, of course.
When testing, I should mention it works on 9front. I didn't test it on
any other fork, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work.
sirjofri
Btw I'd love to release it under an open source license, if I can. These
tools are old, but still helpful and can be used in comparison with
modern tools, maybe even in combination and for developing better tools
in the future.
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