Re: lua5 palmos port (general 16 bit)

[Bennett Todd <bet@...>]

2003-09-09T08:16:45 Roberto Ierusalimschy:
> > Perhaps we can track down the owner of one of the source forge
> > projects for PalmOS Lua and make the work public. I assume the authors
> > of Lua have no problem with this so long as the original copyright
> > messages remain intact, just to be sure I will read through the
> > licence later.
> 
> As long as the goal is clear (build a port of Lua to PalmOS) and you
> do not call the project "Lua" ("plua" is already taken, but LuaPalm,
> PalmLua, or anything like that is ok), there is no problem at all.

But a warning: it's possible you might want to very specifically
avoid including the word "palm" anywhere in your project name;
apparently that sometimes draws the attention of some really
verminous lawyers. My favourier PalmOS etext reader used to be named
Gutenpalm. Then some lawyers approached the author and demanded
money, so he renamed it Weasel Reader.


> Quite the opposite:  We also long for an open port of Lua to Palm.

As do I.

-Bennett

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