transcend for Debian
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Mail from "Jason Rohrer" <rohrer@soe.ucsc.edu> regarding the program's
license (GPL):


Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:19:53 -0400

Hey, thanks for working on this.

I use the same makefile templates for all of my projects.  The __ppc__ flag is 
used by some crypto code that is in other projects.  That flag is *not* 
necessary for Transcend (so feel free to remove it).

I generally do not include a copy of the GPL with my software.  That's just 
the way I do things... maybe I should change that.  Some people also include a 
copy (or portion) of the GPL at the top of each and every source file.  As a 
programmer, I feel that this wastes screen space, since I constantly have to 
scroll past it every time I look at the code.

What kind of distribution are you making?  If it is a binary distribution 
(like a binary .deb), then you don't need a license file, right?  Maybe you need 
one for a source distribution.

You have my permission to add a copy of the GPL, or a readme that mentions the 
GPL, in whatever distribution you create.

Thanks again for working on a package.  Please let me know how it turns out.

Jason


On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:37:25 +0200 (CEST)
Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es> wrote:

> I've found at http://transcend.sourceforge.net/ the game Transcend, which I
> find to be really nice and innovative. I'm building a package for the Debian
> system out of it, but I have a couple of doubts.
> 
> In first place, there are different makefiles for Linux X86 and Linux PPC. 
The
> only difference between them seems to be -D__ppc__ in 
PLATFORM_COMPILE_FLAGS,
> What does it mean? Is it really necessary?
> 
> On the other hand, even when at the web page is stated that the program is 
to
> be distributed unger the GNU GPL License, that is not clearly said inside 
the
> source tar.gz file. It would be nice that there was a notice in a readme 
file
> saying clearly that all the files of the program, source files and level 
data,
> are distributed under the GPL License, or something like that, and to 
include
> a copy of the license in the tar.gz file too. Would that be possible?
> 
> Thanks in advance, and greetings,
> Miry

 -- Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>, Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:58:59 +0200
