Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of SINS - savannah.nongnu.org

[strk]

Thank you for all these info.
I'd use nanosleep.c with pleasure, but I've found out
I was not actually using compat.c, nor usleep() at all...
That file was probably there in older versions, or was there
as a reference. I've removed it from CVS.

--strk;

On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 08:47:40PM +0100, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 03:35:47PM +0200, strk wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 08:29:28PM +0100, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 01:26:08PM +0200, strk wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 12:15:52AM +0100, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> > > > > Apologies for the typos in the subject and the submission header.
> > > > > Should all be correct now.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Also, I'll keep the project in the pending queue for a couple of
> > > > > days, if you can get us a tarball to review.  Otherwise, I'll
> > > > > delete the request and you'll have to re-submit.
> > > > 
> > > > Project URL is: http://foo.keybit.net/~strk/sins
> > > > There you can find CVS access, released packages and
> > > > exploded source trees.
> > > 
> > > The following files lack the copyright statements and permission to
> > > copy headers:
> > > 
> > >   src/VARS.c
> > >   src/cmdline.c
> > >   src/mod_human.h
> > >   src/sins.h
> > >   src/snake_compat.h
> > >   src/snake_limits.h
> > >   src/ui_picts.h
> > > 
> > > Also, is the file src/compat.c Public Domain?  If so, the file should
> > > state that.  If not, please add the appropriate copyright statement
> > > and license information.
> > > 
> > > Once you have fixed the above, and it checks out OK, I can approve
> > > your project.
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
> > I've added copyright statement and license information in all files
> > written by me. The compat.c has been copied from here:
> > http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part4/section-6.html
> > I've added this url in that file. I dunno if it has to be considered
> > 'Public Domain'...
> 
> From http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part4/preamble.html (second
> paragraph):
> 
>   "This collection of documents is Copyright (c) 1994, Ted Timar, except
>   Part 6, which is Copyright (c) 1994, Pierre Lewis and Ted Timar.
>   All rights reserved.  Permission to distribute the collection is
>   hereby granted providing that distribution is electronic, no money
>   is involved, reasonable attempts are made to use the latest version
>   and all credits and this copyright notice are maintained.
>   Other requests for distribution will be considered.  All reasonable
>   requests will be granted."
> 
> This means that you will not be able to use the code in src/compat.c
> unless it's author licenses it under a more permissive license.
> However, there is a GPL'd version of usleep() in GNULib
> (http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gnulib/gnulib/lib/nanosleep.c)
> that you could use instead.
> 
> Can you use this GPL'd version instead?
> 
> -- 
> Elfyn McBratney
> 
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