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Add history of RGBDS and original license.

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rgbasm and rgblink are derived from Justin Lloyd's RGBDS, which is # Original code
released under the following license:
Copyright (C) 1997 Carsten Sorensen <surfsmurf@matilde.demon.co.uk>
The ASMotor package (xAsm, xLink, RGBFix, examples and documentation) is
freeware and distributed as is. The author retains his copyright and right to
modify the specifications and operation of the software without notice.
In other words this means I encourage you to...
- use it for whatever purpose even professional work without me charging you a
penny
- copy it to another person (wholly or in part, though I'm sure he'd appreciate
the whole package) in whatever form you find suitable
- mass-distribute the ASMotor package if it is complete (xAsm, xLink, RGBFix and
documentation).
- contact me if you have any problems
This also means you can't...
- blame me for loss of profit, data, sleep, food or other nasty things through
the use or distribution of ASMotor. If you choose to use ASMotor you do so at
your own risk.
- expect me to be able to help you should you have a problem related or not to
ASMotor.
# Otaku no Zoku's modifications
Copyright (C) 1999 Justin Lloyd <jlloyd@imf.la> (?)
DO WHATEVER PUBLIC LICENSE* DO WHATEVER PUBLIC LICENSE*
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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Software originally created by Justin Lloyd @ http://otakunozoku.com/ Software originally created by Justin Lloyd @ http://otakunozoku.com/
# rgbds-linux
Copyright (C) 2009 Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
# Current
rgbasm and rgblink are derived from Justin Lloyd's RGBDS.
rgbfix was rewritten from scratch by Anthony J. Bentley, and is released rgbfix was rewritten from scratch by Anthony J. Bentley, and is released
under the ISC license; see the source file for the text of the license. under the ISC license; see the source file for the text of the license.

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- `BINMODE`: Permissions of the installed binaries. Defaults to `555`. - `BINMODE`: Permissions of the installed binaries. Defaults to `555`.
- `MANMODE`: Permissions of the installed manpages. Defaults to `444`. - `MANMODE`: Permissions of the installed manpages. Defaults to `444`.
## 3 History
- Around 1997, Carsten Sorensen (AKA SurfSmurf) writes ASMotor as a
general-purpose assembler/linker system for DOS/Win32
- Around 1999, Justin Lloyd (AKA Otaku no Zoku) adapts ASMotor to read and
produce GBZ80 assembly/machine code, and releases this version as RGBDS.
- 2009, Vegard Nossum adapts the code to be more UNIX-like and releases this
version as rgbds-linux on [GitHub](https://github.com/vegard/rgbds-linux).
- 2010, Anthony J. Bentley forks that repository. The fork becomes the reference
implementation of rgbds.
- 2017, Bentley's repository is moved to a neutral name.