[Caprice32-devel] Re: Linux binary package

[Ulrich D. <cap...@cy...>]

Stephane wrote:

> Ok, I'm trying to create a self packaging target for .tar.gz & rpm =
now.
>
> However, I have some questions :
>
> - I remember that amstrad allowed free distribution of the CPC roms.
> However, I can't find anymore under which license this was done. If =
the
> license is nice enough, we could include it in the package. Do you =
know
> where I can find this information ?

Here's what I always included with previous releases of Caprice32:

Firmware and BASIC ROMs
Copyright Locomotive Software and Amstrad plc
Amstrad has given permission for their redistribution,
but retains the copyright

I wasn't sure if I should include the ROM files with the GPL release, so =
I
had left them out. Are there any open source Sinclair Spectrum =
emulators? If
so, what's their take on the ROM issue? If they include the ROMs, than =
we
can too...

> - (corollary) which rom files (i.e. filenames) should we include if we
> start putting roms in the package ?

cpc464.rom, cpc664.rom, cpc6128.rom and amsdos.rom are the required ROM
files.

> - under unix, programs usually install to a different place than the =
one
> they subsequently run. Usually /usr/ or /usr/local. That can cause =
some
> trouble to find the configuration file for example. Here are some =
ideas :
> * add the ability to load files (especially the config file) from
> different places at compile time
> * add the ability to auto detect the path it runs from, and use this =
path
> as a base to find where (we hope) the config file lies

:)  I don't know if you've looked at that particular part of the source =
yet,
but we're actually doing the latter already. And AFAIK, it works - if =
not,
we need to fix that ASAP!

Cheers,
Ulrich.