begin David Murphy quotation:
> From the README.porting file, in the basic package:
> <begin>
> Please follow the download and install instructions at
>http://www.moshpit.org/pilotmgr/download.html>> If precompiled binaries are available for your OS/architecture and
> perl version then the page above should have all the info you need.
> However, if you need to compile and install any of the perl modules
> yourself then this file contains the info you need....
> <end>
Oh, that's just _abundantly_ clear: The "Small" (and "TK") packages
provide bare binaries, for which build instructions & licensing (well,
not actually anything on the licensing) are conveniently located in a
_diferent_ tarball's READMEs. And not on the project's Web page.
That's certainly where *I* always look for them.
It would _never do_ to naively expect license details either on the Web
page or within the relevant archives. Clarity would take all the fun
out of it.
In any event, I'm always delighted to be able to move a package out of
http://linuxmafia.com/pub/palmos/proprietary/ into the main collections
-- which I can now justify doing for PilotManager.
>> I didn't look a lot further: There may be other parts that are
>> binary-only or have proprietary licensing.
>> Other parts? You haven't shown any parts to have proprietary
> licencing.
Excuse me? If I may ask, who the fsck are _you_? Did you recently
offer to pay me to check software licensing, and it was just barely
below my threshold of audibility?
No, sir. I claim the right, by dint of superior evil bastardry, to have
_you_ spend time doing research for _me_. You'll be getting your
instructions, later.
>> As to my being an expert -- I'm just this guy, y'know?
>> Ah, I recall they don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse.
I know sarcasm. Sarcasm is a friend of mine. And you, sir, are _not_
sarcastic.
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