Hi Tom, >> 3. Development/TPPATCH > wiki comment>>> no source code, no license text > > http://www.ipnet6.org/tppatch.html > > the comments make it pretty clear that the author wants to give this > away for free; just without gnuish legalese. I consider this free, no > strings attached.
What specific comment in files TPPATCH.DOC or TPPATCH.ENG? (<http://www.ipnet6.org/tppatch.html> is /not/ the website of TPPATCH's author Andreas Bauer.) >> 7. Utilities/uptime > wiki comment>>> UPTIME.DOC says "Free & Open DOS Utility" but later has >> conditions that appear to be incompatible with free software or open >> source software, including "3. You must obtain the permission of the >> author(s) before distributing this software or derived works >> (including combining it with commercial systems) commercially or >> depart in any way from the above conditions." Since we have a >> duplicate with Chamorro's uptimec, which uses a different license, >> let's omit this one. > > one thing *any* OS or distribution should do is make choices so users > don't have to. providing two solutions for the same problem is simply > bloat. Yep. To quote Ted Nelson quoting Roger Gregory, “An option means the programmer didn’t have a clear idea of what the module was supposed to do.” Or as Steve Krug puts it, “Don’t make me think.” (Source: <http://lpar.ath0.com/2009/09/25/documentation-as-an-indicator-of-code-quality/>) Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: http://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
