[Bug 461484] Review Request: twin - Textmode window environment for Linux

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--- Comment #4 from manuel wolfshant <wolfy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  2008-09-15 18:07:40 EDT ---
 There seem to be a couple of problems:
- gpm-devel is needed as BR in order to get a functional mouse (at least on C5)
- since you package twsetroot, I suggest including (in %doc) the
README.twsetroot file and maybe setroot.sample too. In the /docs directory
there are also some other files which seem to have interesting content
(diagram.txt, FAQ). Do you have a special reason to not include them in the
final rpm ?

 And now the real problems:
- twmapscrn is built against the clients/mapscrn folder which seems to contain
a private (old and slightly modified) copy of kbd
(ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/utils/kbd/kbd-1.06.tar.gz), which in turn
is a system package. As usage of private copies of system libs is explicitly
forbidden, I'd say we have an issue here
- from the licensing point of view, we have a small mess
a) lots of files have headers defining them as GPLv2+ (good)
b) headers of some other files specifu Public Domain as license (good again)
c) however  there are several files ( for instance clients/threadtest.c and
many files under /lib  ) which have no license specified. What reason can we
invoke in order to assume that they are like all the others, Public Domain or
GPLv2+ ? 
  In addition to that, the sourcefarge page of the project
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/twin/) claims that the project is licensed as
GPL and LGPL, but LGPL is only mentioned in the source through the presence of
the standard LGPL license file; I have not been able to locate any other trace
of it. Public Domain + GPLv2+ = no problem, but the presence of files with no
specific license make me ask for help. Anyone more experienced in licensing
willing to shed some light ?

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