Hello Maarten,
Thank you for clarifying the situation.
Best regards,
Brian
> Message du 20/01/15 16:19
> De : "Maarten Brock"
> A : sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net
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> Objet : Re: [Sdcc-user] Licence issues concerning modfied z80.lib
>
> > On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:43:31 +0100 (CET)
> > Brian PEARCE
wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> In order to facilitate use of SDCC on my Amstrad CPC emulator I modified
> >> the putchar routine in z80.lib using Microsoft's debug.exe. Can I share
> >> information on how to modify z80.lib with other Amstrad hobbyists or
> >> would this infringe the FOSS licences described in the COPYING.TXT and
> >> COPYING3.TXT files accompanying the SDCC package?Â
> >> Best regards,
> >> Brian
> >
> > Well its not my software but since nobody else has replied a generic
> > answer
> >
> > #include
> >
> > The FOSS licenses talk about modifications in the preferred form, so if
> > you were to distribute binary patched code as opposed to just rebuilding
> > it with the correct source change then it might be a problem (as well as
> > being very odd given you have the source code!)
> >
> > If you are just distributing instructions along the lines of "get sdcc,
> > load z80lib, go to byte 3215 and set it to 0x4E" then for small changes I
> > doubt you are doing anything that would even count as distributing sdcc.
> >
> >
> > Of course the more interesting question is this
> > - If its an emulator why won't it run the code unmodified
> > - If it needs a change why not submit the source level change to the SDCC
> > project and/or make that available too
> >
> > Likewise you could even distribute a z80.lib and modified sources
> > yourself.
> >
> > Alan
>
> Hi,
>
> IMO, a description of how to modify is not a distribution of binary or
> source code. But should you decide to distribute a modified library (or
> object) then you must also distribute the modified source.
>
> Btw. Are you aware that you don't need to modify z80.lib to use a
> different putchar? Just compile and link your modified object and sdld
> will not search for it in the lib.
>
> Maarten
>
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