" ratcliffe) (02/01/90)
In article <4709@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> izen@cwru.cwru.edu (Steven H. Izen) writes: ...stuff about modifying ~4Dgifts/iristools/imgtools/tops.c to convert an an rgb image file to color postscript... >Oh, does anyone at SGI know whether it's kosher to post the complete source >here? Ie, are there any copyright problems as far as SGI is concerned? Steve: as the "psuedo" 4Dgifts "manager-type" for SGI, i can confirm for you that there are no copyright problems as far as SGI is concerned. this stuff is wide-open as far as posting complete versions of modified source, comparing notes, etc. to quote from a piece of the ~4Dgifts/README file: ...we welcome your feedback/ideas/requests for additions/changes (and even bug-fixes)... i for one would appreciate the opportunity to see yer complete file version (altho i'm not sure where in-house we have any color postscript printers... will have to investigate). posting it here in its entirety would be great. i was one of those primarily responsible for getting 4Dgifts going on the 4D machines back in 1988 as a reincarnation of the 2/3000 machine subtree known as /usr/people/gifts. altho this was about a year and a half late (it should have been planned for/implemented when the 4D family line was originally being put on rails in the beginning of 1987), it was nevertheless a very helpful resource both for user's as well as all of us here in support engineering (aka the hotline) as a means of more quickly isolating where something might be going wrong when someone called in with a question/problem/etc.. since there's never enuff time in a day, 4Dgifts' potential as a whole is always only about one third to one half (in my opinion) realized, but due to time constraints, well, more always needs to be done. so altho the ~4Dgifts/README file might not be explicit enuff, we DO welcome user's ideas/suggestions/etc for ways to increase the usefulness of this resource. -- daveus rattus yer friendly neighborhood ratman KOYAANISQATSI ko.yan.nis.qatsi (from the Hopi Language) n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life out of balnace. 4. life disintegrating. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living.