conclusion of this exepack discussion:
1) Freedos EMM386 and HIMEM are not GPL (and have never been), because they are distributed in a compressed format, and the compressor/decomptressor is PROPRIETARY and not available to the public.
so licensing will change.
2) same for MKEYB, as I reserve the right for me and others to compile/exepack/ZIP/... it any way *I* (or others) want it. it's OPEN SOURCE, not open EXECUTABLE.
3) please remove me as maintainer of MORE, CHOICE, MORE, as I will not contribute to GPL projects any longer. I can't change the licensing, but I can change maintainership.
Sad to see that, Tom! But you're right - there is no logic in lawyer's thinking. However, what if we compose a special FreeDOS License, best suited to our needs (saying everything about executable packers, library code, inline compiler code, embedded systems use, and so on - all issues that are NOT satisfactory solved by the GPL, for example the ethernal question of the distinction between "combining" and "aggregation", WITHOUT the GPL virus effect), so this "FreeDOS License" becomes yet another item in the following rather long list of GPL-compatible licenses? This way we will NOT depend on what anyone else thinks is good or bad, but will depend only on our OWN vision.
Lucho
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