On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM Bruno Ribeiro via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > [..] > > I'll add that several vendors have since released their compilers for > > free (gratis, if not open source) and we link to them from the "For > > developers" page on our website. > > <https://www.freedos.org/about/devel/> For example, Embarcadero bought > > out Borland many years ago, and released TurboC and TurboC++ for free > > via their website, and Micro-C is also available from Dave Dunfield's > > website. > > Neither has free/open source licenses, I presume? >
For those compilers, you are correct. TurboC and TurboC++ (and TurboPascal) are released as gratis (you need to sign up for a free account on their system .. so technically, the price is your name & email) but source code is not provided. Micro-C provides the source code, but the COPY.TXT is not an open source license like MIT or GNU GPL or something like that. It literally says: >> The files contained is this archive are hereby released for anyone to use >> for any reasonable purpose. >> >> If used for any reason resulting in published material, I request that you: >> - Acknowlege the original author (Dave Dunfield) >> - Provide information on where this original material may be obtained: >> https://dunfield.themindfactory.com >> "Daves Old Computers" >> - I do NOT require release of derived source code! (but appreciate if you >> do) >> >> Be advised that I take no responsibility/liability for any use of this code! >> >> This file "COPY.TXT" may be updated from time to time and I may not make the >> effort to rebuild and re-upload existing archives. >> Best to check back to the one posted on my site! >> >> ** Note that some of these files reference my OLD site: www.dunfield.com >> As of 2019, it is NOW: https: //dunfield.themindfactory.com >> >> Dave Dunfield (plus notes after that) _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
