On 9/28/07, Mike.Sullivan at sun.com <Mike.Sullivan at sun.com> wrote: > > >From shivakumar.gn at gmail.com Thu Sep 27 21:18:55 2007 > > > > >I did a "grep GPL" on the sources but couldn't come across any. > > That doesn't always work as it's not always abbreviated. But > look at testsuite/expect.tests/expect-tests.exp. > > I was surprised too but it's there. >
It is a deja-gnu (a test framework) based script to test the expect that gets built. It doesn't get installed. So the legal hassles should be considerably lesser. > for that part yes, but if there are updated copyrights and such > in the source you should do that. > Ok. The copyright text will need a minor text update during final integration. Author's notice is currently maintained. > >Also it would be preferable to have a > >neutral text like "This is available under XYZ...." instead of "Sun > >elects to use only the...". > > No, that is what you'll have to add if they say. These are lawyers :) > If it comes to that, lets give it a try. Not that different terms & conditions are being asked. > >I interpret the latter as SFW is meant for SX only while it > >need/should not be the case. > > well yes in a truly open world but we aren't quite there yet. > But we'll strive for it :) > > >How about installing all these examples under something like > >/usr/demo/expect instead of cluttering the /usr/bin. These are > >examples/demo files anyway. > > that is up to you, I don't know enough about what 'make install' > would really install by default, I shouldn't need to tell this, but we use our own install-sfw ;) > nor what users of expect would.. expect to see. I have used tcl & expect considerably and can say that the users do not expect the examples to be available on the system. I have moved it to /usr/demo along with their respective manpages. > > > >If we choose /usr/demo/expect for the example scripts, we can leave it > >out of the ARC list I suppose. (Provide listing of only /usr/bin, > >/usr/lib, /usr/share/man ?) > > nope you should really list everything. they like pathnames :) > and they may have thoughts on /usr/demo vs bin, you can also > use them for opinions on things like that. > I will list everything, but indicate the /usr/demo listing separately. Will be posting the patcheset & details in the next mail. regards Shiv
