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From tarn.adams@gmail.com Sat Oct 30 00:56:16 2010
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:56:15 -0800
From: Tarn Adams <tarn.adams@gmail.com>
To: roconnor@theorem.ca
Subject: Re: Dwarf Fortress Redistribution for NixOS
Sure, that redistribution is fine. I think I've handled the movie
issue for next time now. Thanks for the heads up on that.
Tarn
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:56 AM, <roconnor@theorem.ca> wrote:
> I'd like to distribute a *slightly* modified version of Dwarf Fortress which
> is needed to run it under the NixOS distribution of Linux (see
> <http://nixos.org/>
>
> Modification: The interpreter location /lib/ld-linux.so.2 in
> lib/Dwarf_Fortress is replaced with the location of ld-linux.so.2 under the
> NixOS distribution (which is currently
> /nix/store/l8x3fdy1r6zf441vnqa87lzsvxrjbdz9-glibc-2.11.1/lib/ld-linux.so.2
> but might change at a later date to something similar).
>
> I don't need you to recompile Dwarf Fortress. I can patch the binary itself
> using patchelf. I just would like your permission to redistrubute this
> modified binary.
>
> Thanks, I'm looking forward to trying out your game and letting other Nix
> users try it out too.
>
> P.S. the inital_movies are open in read/write mode instead of read-only mode
> which causes some issues under NixOS because the inital_movies are stored
> read-only. I have a workaround, but you may want to consider opening these
> files in read-only mode.
>
> --
> Russell O'Connor <http://r6.ca/>
> ``All talk about `theft,''' the general counsel of the American Graphophone
> Company wrote, ``is the merest claptrap, for there exists no property in
> ideas musical, literary or artistic, except as defined by statute.''
>
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