From: MX%"tcamp@acpub.duke.edu" 27-NOV-1992 14:31:11.90 To: LEDERMAN CC: Subj: Re: Can I distribute BWBASIC? Return-Path: Received: from TANEY (TANEY::SYSTEM) by DTS66 (MX V3.1C) with SMTP (DECnet); Fri, 27 Nov 1992 14:30:55 EST Received: by TANEY.USCGHQ.USCG.MIL (MX V3.1C) with UUCP; Fri, 27 Nov 1992 14:31:57 EST Received: from raphael.acpub.duke.edu by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA13932; Fri, 27 Nov 92 13:32:01 -0500 Received: by raphael.acpub.duke.edu (5.65/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA26070; Fri, 27 Nov 92 13:31:54 -0500 From: Message-ID: <9211271831.AA26070@raphael.acpub.duke.edu> Subject: Re: Can I distribute BWBASIC? To: lederman@dts66.USCGHQ.USCG.MIL Date: Fri, 27 Nov 92 13:31:54 EST In-Reply-To: <009643C1.42904A60.336@dts66.uscghq.uscg.mil>; from "B. Z. Lederman" at Nov 27, 92 9:46 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] > > > DECUS (the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society, a large > volunteer run society of computer users) is having it's next > national symposium in two weeks. People contribute freely > redistributable software of various kinds (Public Domain and > other kinds like GNU 'copyleft') to the DECUS Library, which is > one of the largest such collections. The software is then > distributed through Local User Groups, and is also sold through > the DECUS Library (we don't actually sell the software, the > software if free: there is a nominal charge to cover the cost of > running the computer and making tapes and CD-ROMs, and keeping > the society going). > > Now that I have your BASIC interpreter running on VMS, I'd > like to make it available to the community. There are a lot of > DECUS users who don't have any kind of Internet connection, and > can't get it from the server at Duke. > > Do you have any objections to my doing this? The code would > be distributed with all of your notices intact: the only changes > I had to make were the ones I've already told you about (removing > indentations on #ifdef, changing some return NULL to return 0, > etc.). I would also distribute a binary image for people who > don't have a C compiler. > > > Bart Z. Lederman > System Resources Corp. > > also: > > DECUS 4th Generation Languages Special Interest Group > representative to the Library Committee. > > Yes -- that will be fine. I'd make two requests: (a) you might note your changes and indicate that I have given persmission for distribution through DECUS with these changes, and (b) you might note that the distribution of the binary is subject to the same restrictions as the source code. Gook luck. Ted Campbell tcamp@acpub.duke.edu I append the conditions here. bwbasic.c Main Program File for Bywater BASIC Interpreter Copyright (c) 1992, Ted A. Campbell Bywater Software P. O. Box 4023 Duke Station Durham, NC 27706 email: tcamp@acpub.duke.edu Copyright and Permissions Information: All U.S. and international copyrights are claimed by the author. The author grants permission to use this code and software based on it under the following conditions: (a) in general, the code and software based upon it may be used by individuals and by non-profit organizations; (b) it may also be utilized by governmental agencies in any country, with the exception of military agencies; (c) the code and/or software based upon it may not be sold for a profit without an explicit and specific permission from the author, except that a minimal fee may be charged for media on which it is copied, and for copying and handling; (d) the code must be distributed in the form in which it has been released by the author; and (e) the code and software based upon it may not be used for illegal activities.