Ping. Morgan
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 12:15 PM Morgan Aldridge <morg...@makkintosshu.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 11:59 AM Morgan Aldridge > <morg...@makkintosshu.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:29 AM Morgan Aldridge > > <morg...@makkintosshu.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:27 AM Morgan Aldridge > > > <morg...@makkintosshu.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 3:37 PM Morgan Aldridge > > > > <morg...@makkintosshu.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > MLVWM is a lightweight Macintosh-[L]ike Virtual Window Manager for > > > > > X11: > > > > > > > > > > <http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~y-miyata/mlvwm.html> > > > > > > > > > > I have been using it on OpenBSD 6.4 thru 6.8-current and find it > > > > > stable on i386 & amd64. I'd love to have someone test on macppc (it > > > > > seems rather appropriate) and other platforms. > > > > > > > > Ping, plus updated tarball with a couple minor patches to remove > > > > compiler warnings. > > > > > > > > Testing and/or OK appreciated. > > > > > > > > > If you need additional configuration files for testing, please see my > > > > > mlvwmrc project: <https://github.com/morgant/mlvwmrc>. > > > > > > > > > > Despite its age, I do intend to maintain this port. I am currently > > > > > trying to reach the original author as it was released as freeware > > > > > with source included. It's okay to distribute, but I need to obtain > > > > > proper permission to do further new development beyond patches in the > > > > > port. > > > > > > > > I still haven't been able to contact the original author, but all > > > > source license files are either under the original MIT license from > > > > fvwm & twm or have the following clause: > > > > > > > > /* Copyright 1996 TakaC Hasegawa. No restrictions are placed on this > > > > code, */ > > > > /* as long as the copyright notice is preserved */ > > > > > > > > The only exception is mlvwm/wild.c which is stated to be released in > > > > the public domain. So, there should actually be no issue with me > > > > starting to modify the code to bring it up-to-date. > > > > I have been in contact with Takashi Hasegawa and he confirmed that > > there is no restriction as long as the copyright is included, so there > > are no issues with redistribution or modification. I still think > > "Freeware" is the most appropriate license comment, but I could change > > it to "Freeware/MIT", if preferable. > > Updated to new mlvwm-0.9.2 release which includes new GitHub hosting, > upstreamed patches, and minor security improvements. > > OK? > > Morgan
