>> On May 22, 2025, at 8:08 AM, Fritz Mueller via Freedos-devel >> <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> Is there really no one who can say which version should be used in >> the future FDTlive CDs?
On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: [..] > Willi, thank you very much for calling attention to the TAR package. > [..] > 4) This alternate TAR is not open source and has a restriction > which prevents it from being distributed with FreeDOS or hosted in > the Download Repositories. It clearly states the following in its > READ.ME document: > >> This program is copyrighted matherial and distributed free of >> charge. Namely: >> >> - you are invited to spread it as wide as possible under >> condition that full and unmodified package is distributed; >> >> - source texts are supplied to you for you can build executable >> code on UNIX machine or modify them for your own usage; >> >> - it is not allowed to use program and/or sources for commercial >> purposes without expressed permission of the author. > > > That makes it licensed as copyrighted material with source available > and restricted distribution. So, this package must go. > > Therefore, I have taken the following actions: [..] I've also cleaned up the "tar" directory in the FreeDOS files archive at Ibiblio. I've moved this "version 3.21" into a "nonfree" subdirectory, so it's separate from and won't get mixed up with the proper open source "tar" version 1.12. There was also an "untar" source program there, which I put into its own "untar" subdirectory. https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/unix/tar/ Jim _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
