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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:7461 comp.os.linux:14757 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!hydra!klaava!torvalds From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Subject: Re: Port of new Linux math emulator to 386bsd? Keywords: math emulator, port Message-ID: <1992Nov4.111732.9703@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Date: 4 Nov 92 11:17:32 GMT References: <1992Nov4.021453.22896@citec.oz.au> Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 16 In article <1992Nov4.021453.22896@citec.oz.au> sgccseh@citec.oz.au (Steve Hocking) writes: > > Looking at the latest Linux release and user comments on it, it >appears that a new math emulator has been written which is more complete and >accurate, plus about 2x faster. Does anybody have plans to port this to >386bsd (since we got the original emulator from Linux anyway)? The problem is the copyright: it's copylefted code by Bill Metzenthen, so you cannot distribute it under the 386bsd copyright. The original emulator I wrote was also originally copylefted, but I gave Bill and Lynne the right to use it under 386bsd (the copyright was changed to something like "freely usable for the 386bsd and linux projects"). You'd have to ask permission from Metzenthen - his email address can be found in the sources. Linus