Date   : Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:41:27 +0000
From   : ats@... (Adam Sampson)
Subject: {OT] Decoding a Sparkplug file

Pete Turnbull <pete@...> writes:

> Since when is it "non-free"?

Sorry -- I mean "non-free" in the sense that the license it's under has
restrictions that mean it doesn't quite qualify as open source, which
means it's unlikely to be packaged for you already in Linux/BSD
distributions. If it was, you'd usually need to look for it in a section
called something like "non-free" or "restricted". (This is pretty common
for older freeware; the license in this case isn't particularly
objectionable, it just makes distributing the software awkward.)

The 1.7.6beta version includes a port to MS-DOS by Bob Brand; it's
otherwise the same as 1.7.5.

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Adam Sampson <ats@...      >                         <http://offog.org/>