On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 01:27:52PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 11:57:12AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 10:45:30AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > > Actually, we could simply make an exception for miboot and get it > > > > > > into the > > > > > > archive, i think it is no worse than other cases (like amiboot, > > > > > > which is > > > > > > linked to parts of amigaos, and thus non-free), and we do > > > > > > distribute those (or > > > > > > at least used to distribute those in the woody times). > > > > > > > > > > Amiboot is not linked to parts of AmigaOS. It is linked to libnix. > > > > > > > > which in turn is not in the archive, so amiboot can never be in > > > > anything but > > > > > > It's statically linked (and libnix is public domain, according to Google > > > :-). > > > > Still not in debian/main, so amiboot needs to go to contrib. > > There's also no Amigaos cross-gcc in Debian.
Hehe, indeed, which is why it could only go to contrib. Same case as with miboot, since you need code-warrior 4 to build it on os <X. Well, a bit less so since you can use gcc at least. > > > > contrib, and still we distribute it. and is libnix not kind of linked > > > > to some > > > > amigaos or amigarom parts ? > > > > > > No, you don't have to link to anything to make AmigaOS calls. All you > > > need to > > > know is that address 4 stores a pointer to exec.libary. > > > > Well, maybe, but that still counts as linking, i doubt there is any more > > philosophical difference in doing this than dynamically linking with a > > library. > > I think you can consider it the equivalent of a system call, i.e. normal usage > of the OS API. Because of the system library exception in the GPL, yes. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
