On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 01:54:43PM +0000, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hm, it seems that we're actually a surprisingly large part of the way to > > being DFSG-free here. There are two stumbling blocks: > > > > * There's no explicit permission to distribute as part of things that > > aren't emulators. This is more serious than it looks: > > > * The charging thing. Upon further examination of DFSG 1, I observe > > You forgot to mention: > > * The lack of source.
That can probably be worked around: /usr/share/doc/spectrum-roms/zx82.htm > > Assuming my understanding is correct, what would be the best strategy > > for approaching Amstrad to make the minimal change in order to have > > Spectrum ROMs in main? > > I don't see any evidence that Amstrad want the ROMs to be free. The > best approach is probably to ask them whether they might make the > source code available. If they say "definitely not" then you don't > need to waste any time discussing the other points. As I said elsewhere, they can't make it available, because they no longer have it (um, I can't seem to find where I read that, so I might have to play the "proof by personal communication" card and say that Philip Kendall told me that in the pub ...). Third parties may be able to reconstruct it. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
