Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Craig Graham Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Yaroze & Linux & a NEW version of ARS Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:25:15 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 44 Message-ID: <36C9397B.5C03CC4A@hinge.mistral.co.uk> References: <36C5CAF1.7773F045@hinge.mistral.co.uk> <36C611C4.1EF2546F@identicalsoftware.com> <36C67CBD.1CC0A5C4@hinge.mistral.co.uk> <36C8EC95.220D6B38@identicalsoftware.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1-s11-43-telehouse.mistral.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en Dennis Payne wrote: > It is specifically off the Sony servers because I had to program under > DOS for 3 weeks until my account password arrived. Since the GNU > compilers cannot be restricted in distribution, someone could have made > them available and I would have increased productivity. I contacted the The GNU tools are indeed GPL'ed so you're doing nothing wrong there. > unix siocons author about the licensing of his program and he said I > could redistribute it (I'm assuming he would know about any license > problems with Sony). The tim gimp plugin is available outside the I think you're wrong about the SIOCONS source - I suspect you'll get a telling off for that. You'll certainly get a telling off for having LIBPS + it's header files in the GNU tools archive. > yaroze servers. The other tim tools are written by me. (When I > questioned Sony about distribution I was given "no comment" so until > otherwise I will make them available. Also with the tim format being so > simple and the gimp plugin being available it makes no sense to restrict > distribution.) Problem is, your license states that you won't release any information about the playstation outside of the Sony newsgroups & servers. That includes library's, headers, source code and file formats. I know of people who've lost their jobs for that in the professional developer program, so you're probably risking Sony invoking the "give back the Yaroze clause" in your license. > Any idea where in the US I could get an ARS that works with your linux > server? And what do I need? I've heard the ARS is called the Game > Shark in the US. ARS is the fileserver / protocol (Action Replay Server) program. AR (Action Replay) is the cartridge (Game Shark in the US). > Dennis Payne Craig.