new port: lxsplit-0.1.1

DESCR:
LX Split is a command-line file splitter/joiner for UNIX which is compatible with any version of the HJSplit format. For more information on the HJSplit format, see:

WWW: http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/

PORT:
http://lithely.net/distfiles/ports/lxsplit-tar.gz

This rejoins split files commonly found on usenet. Stuff like somehugefile.divx.001, somehugefile.divx.002...

There's a problem with the licensing. It says "Freeware, opensource, GPL" on http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/#linux, but there's no licensing information contained within the distfile itself. The linked homepage for the program doesn't resolve. I did a quick google search and fired off an e-mail to the addresses I could find for the guy but they bounced. Help tracking down the author would be greatly appreciated.

Marked PERMIT_*=No until he's found and it's resolved. If he isn't found, is this an example of an "unfree" program which could make it in? It's like mplayer+realplayer codecs where it could be used to switch formats, right? Is PERMIT_*=No not enough since it is has no license at all? Despite all the traffic in the last few days, it still isn't clear to me yet, maybe I'm dense.

Anyway, tested/works on i386 & sparc64. Received on Thu May 29 02:09:22 2003