>> Hmm, speaking of including things in freedos. >> How does one get a program added to the freedos distribution/archive?
> Please send suggestions to the list. Include a brief synopsis of what > program is useful for, where to get it, its license, & state you would like > included. A discussion may follow. Jim or Eric, probably a few others may > add to our file mirror assuming either general fd community feels its a good > addition or there is no response but they still think its a useful > addition. Note the program should be open source except possibly in rare > cases. Also whomever compiles (puts together) the distribution generally > will use the software (lsm) list to decide what to download & include. I > think a screen reader would be a great addition assuming its license is > compatible & the software itself is generally usable (does not require some > hardware that almost no one has or can get). > Correct. Free / Open Source Software is definitely preferred. We have allowed a few non-free programs in the past, but today we prefer to include only free software. Common licenses include GNU GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT, Artistic, etc. I'd caution against adding more packages to the FreeDOS 1.1 distro at this stage - but if it's really really cool and/or useful, we may opt to include it anyway. For example: mTCP. I've discussed elsewhere (blogs, etc) that I'd like to see FreeDOS 1.1 that's really an update / incremental improvement on FreeDOS 1.0. But with FreeDOS 2.0, I'd encourage a much closer look at what "DOS" should look like in 2011, and feel free to add/remove packages. But that's a discussion for after we get 1.1 out there. -jh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
