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NASM means NASM65 NLINK65 NLIB65 and the associated libraries and
sources.
The Copyright.
You the private person are allowed to make as many backup copies of
NASM as you like and give them away to your friends or enemies. BUT
a) You may only give away complete copies of NASM with the copyright
notices intact and without any invisible changes to the code.
The sources need not be in the package at all time, but there must
be an easy way for the receiver of an incomplete NASM package to
access the sources. (This is so that archives can keep sources and
binaries/docs seperate)
b) You may not take any 'service charges' for copying NASM, or copy
NASM on disks that cost more than you would normally pay for them
if they were blank (This one's for you PD-parasites!), which amounts
to the same thing. The same goes (even more so) for commercial
enterprises, clubs and other human social structures.
c) If you fixed a bug or changed something, you must make this clear
somewhere. Tell what it was you changed and when you changed it.
Read HACK.TXT!
This copyright extends to sources, binaries and documentation files,
like for instance .H65 header files. Exceptions are when it is
explicitly noted that there is no copyright. Of course you _may_ link
ARELOC.O65 PRELOC.O65,BRELOC.O65 MOVER.O65 STDIO.O65 STD.L65 to your
own 6502 code and you can do with these programs what ever you want,
even sell them, without having to pay a licensing fee or whatever.
But still as they are they are copyrighted. An example:
You can link BRELOC.O65 to your own in 6502 code self-written 6502
C-compiler and sell this, but you may not furnish BRELOC.O65 with
your compiler. (*)
I don't mind, you taking off parts of the code (just in case you can
find something of value), but I do mind taking the essence of the
assembler (like ASM65.Y or the backpatching stuff) and using it for
ANOTHER ASSEMBLER like 6800 cross (conceivably even selling this thing
as your own product). THIS IS FORBIDDEN!! If you desperately want to
build something like this non-commercially contact me beforehand.
If you do take out something, I'd appreciate an ACK/REF... It's okay
though to completely rip off NASM65 code for assembler unrelated pro-
jects. Nevertheless it is copyrighted and lifting the code doesn't make
it YOUR code.
The Disclaimer.
Although I would bet my great-grandmothers life on the safety of using
NASM, you are in no way solicited to use it, so if you are the feeble
user type (or the fast suer *especially THAT type*), just keep on
safely using your computer without NASM. Use at your own risk. NASM is
provided 'AS IS' without any claims to its performance or warranties of
any kind. I will not be responsible for damages arising out of the use
or failure to use NASM.
The Address.
EMAIL: Changes every few years, currently
wallmann@backus.pu.informatik.th-darmstadt.de
MAIL: Buchenweg 2
5810 Witten 3
FRG
ACKs REFs and THANX.
GULAM.DOC
COPYLEFT
RTX - README
(*) Just for fun... You COULD do the following.
1. Write C-Compiler for 6502
2. Sell C-Compiler saying in the docs that they should use BRELOC.O65
3. Give away free copies of NASM to customers and non-customers for
the price of a disk and postage.
But then, who's writing 8-Bit software these days anyhow ?