The name and location of the file doesn't matter. I chose license.axiom because I included a license file for every piece of software Axiom used. The convention was license.othersoftware for each othersoftware. I gathered all of the licenses into a single directory so it was clear where to look.
The only NAG requirements were that the license had to be included with each copy and the license text in original files had to include the license information. NAG did not want to be liable for someone using the software. Feel free to move the license filename anywhere as long as it is included in every copy. As for the filename case-sensitivity it is simple to change all of the filenames everywhere to be lower case. It is not a difficult patch. Axiom did that years ago. Tim On Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 6:59:13 PM UTC-5 oldk1331 wrote: > > > On 12/1/23 07:44, Qian Yun wrote: > > If so, let's rename "LICENSE" to "LICENCE" then. > > Or rename to "LICENSE.txt". > > - Qian > > > Current status will definitely causes trouble/confusion to > > (windows/mac) users in the future. > > > > - Qian > > > > On 12/1/23 00:07, Waldek Hebisch wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 06:01:41PM +0800, Qian Yun wrote: > >>> Now that "LICENSE" is committed, there's a minor problem: > >>> > >>> On case-insensitive filesystems, "LICENSE" file is colliding > >>> with "license/" directory. > >>> > >>> I have confirmed that unpacking fricas-master.zip (from GitHub) > >>> on Windows causes problem: "LICENSE" is created while "LICENSE.AXIOM" > >>> is not. (Similar problem might happen for git checkout.) > >>> > >>> So considering rename the "license/" directory? (e.g. "licence") > >> > >> Well, I am not sure if that is really a problem. One reason to > >> keep license/LICENSE.AXIOM is because people where told that > >> orignal NAG license is there. Renaming would defeat this. > >> OTOH Windows and Mac folks can fetch LICENSE.AXIOM from Github, > >> I think that is enough. So as long as download do not produce > >> errors I think that we can live with this. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/7b56f049-af89-4627-a96b-00da85f7962fn%40googlegroups.com.
