Re: [Freedos-user] VDE editor and variety of other interesting tools

2020-08-23 Thread dmccunney
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 5:41 PM Jim Hall wrote: ... > > In the early DOS days, VDE was a shareware product, along with editors > > like Qedit. These days it's copyrighted freeware. Use it and pass it > > along all you like, but you can't get the source. > > > > So VDE isn't something you might

Re: [Freedos-user] VDE editor and variety of other interesting tools

2020-08-23 Thread Jim Hall
> > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:39 AM ZB wrote: > > > > https://sites.google.com/site/vdeeditor/Home > > > > > > > > (see "Files Section") > > > > > > > > it seems it may be interesting to some > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:38 AM dmccunney wrote: > > > I'm the person who created and

Re: [Freedos-user] zip programs and pure DOS?

2020-08-23 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Karen, > Having never used freedos for a variety of reasons I am not in a > position, nor  do I claim to be in a position to  comment on its coding > sources. Its why  I stated from the outset that My  request was for Ms > DOS related tools .  And why upon discovering that a freedos solution

Re: [Freedos-user] zip programs and pure DOS?

2020-08-23 Thread Karen Lewellen
It was Jim's comment, not my own. Having never used freedos for a variety of reasons I am not in a position, nor do I claim to be in a position to comment on its coding sources. Its why I stated from the outset that My request was for Ms DOS related tools . And why upon discovering that a

Re: [Freedos-user] VDE editor and variety of other interesting tools

2020-08-23 Thread dmccunney
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 4:33 PM Jim Hall wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:39 AM ZB wrote: > > > https://sites.google.com/site/vdeeditor/Home > > > > > > (see "Files Section") > > > > > > it seems it may be interesting to some > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:38 AM dmccunney wrote: > >

Re: [Freedos-user] VDE editor and variety of other interesting tools

2020-08-23 Thread Jim Hall
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:39 AM ZB wrote: > > https://sites.google.com/site/vdeeditor/Home > > > > (see "Files Section") > > > > it seems it may be interesting to some On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:38 AM dmccunney wrote: > I'm the person who created and maintains that site. > > VDE is a clone

Re: [Freedos-user] Bexome Endorsed By The FSF! Opportunity

2020-08-23 Thread dmccunney
Trying to get listed by the FSF is an exercise in futility. The FSF has long ago ceased being about technology. It's a religion, and Richard Stallman is its prophet. (I've met him, and know people who've known him for decades. He's an odd person. In Stallman's world, all software is FOSS,

Re: [Freedos-user] Bexome Endorsed By The FSF! Opportunity

2020-08-23 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 5:56 PM Jim Hall wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion. I've had conversations with the FSF about getting > FreeDOS listed on their Free Non-GNU Distributions page. It's not going to > happen. > > The last time I discussed this with the FSF, the FSF Licensing rep

Re: [Freedos-user] Bexome Endorsed By The FSF! Opportunity

2020-08-23 Thread tom ehlert
Hallo Herr Ralf Quint, am Sonntag, 23. August 2020 um 09:01 schrieben Sie: > On 8/22/2020 3:17 PM, haytam.fr--- via Freedos-user wrote: >> Hey, >> I want to inform you about something kind of interesting , >> http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-non-gnu-distros.html visit this >> website , make

Re: [Freedos-user] Bexome Endorsed By The FSF! Opportunity

2020-08-23 Thread Ralf Quint
On 8/22/2020 3:17 PM, haytam.fr--- via Freedos-user wrote: Hey, I want to inform you about something kind of interesting , http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-non-gnu-distros.html visit this website , make sure the operating system FreeDOS does pass the guidelines , and send the email , Jim Hall