bill lam wrote:
>I got the (last?) open source version of J:
>ftp://ftp.gaertner.de/pub/j/j-v7-src.tgz
I think that it is _not_ open source. It is still copyrighted by ISI.
afaiu it's OK for you to modify and use it yourself but you cannot
redistribute the modified version and call it J.
Au contraire. Most open source code is copyrighted. IANAL, but
copright and licensing are orthogonal. The license states that you can
redistribute the modified version and seems similar to BSD/MIT style
license. If doesn't say anything about calling it J, though since such
a version would be a fork, it would be a good idea to choose a name that
distinguishes it as such, perhaps "Open-J".
From main.c:
/*
----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/* J-Source Version 7 - COPYRIGHT 1993 Iverson Software
Inc. */
/* 33 Major Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2K9, (416) 925
6096 */
/*
*/
/* J-Source is provided "as is" without warranty of any
kind. */
/*
*/
/* J-Source Version 7 license agreement: You may use, copy,
and */
/* modify the source. You have a non-exclusive, royalty-free
right */
/* to redistribute source and executable
files. */
/*
----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/
Regards,
Steve
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