[A83] Re: Linux Appsign Utility Realeased
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[A83] Re: Linux Appsign Utility Realeased
> I didn't mean to come off as sounding harsh. Good job on the program and
> convincing TI to port it to Linux. But to be truely useful, the source
> needs to be released. Do you think you could convince them to distribute it
> under the GPL, or another similiar, OSI approved license? I am wanting to
> make a package or some packages for Debian that contain development tools
> for calcs, and Debian requires that everything be free software. If that
> can't happen, I'd still be interested in reimplementing it. Can you or
> anyone else provide information on how it works? I've never looked at it
> before.
As I said, my contact at TI is working on it.
(TI must be convinced that releasing the source won't hurt them)
Oh, you mean you want to make a package that is to be distributed with Debian?
> > about the zip file, well, it was easier at the moment.
> > I can make it .tar.gz if you really, really, really want it ;-)
>
> Nah, I was just kidding. There are free versions of zip and unzip for unix.
> But if you want real unix tools on your Windows box, I highly recommend
> checking out Cygwin. It's pretty nice to be able to scp a file from
> Windows.
Actually I zipped it on linux ;-)
> > If you want it on PPC, you'll have to explain to me how to set up my gcc
> > as a cross compiler for ppc, so I can compile it for ppc.
> > It's a hard way, but for now, it's the only way...
>
> It was a rhetorical question. I am considering getting an iBook soon, and I
> know a lot of people use LinuxPPC or OS X, so why leave them out?
>
>
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