On 6/2/2025 16:29, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel wrote: > 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)
I'm not a lawyer but it seems to me this adhoc "license" is overall in the spirit of FLOSS (nevermind its vagueness and potential loopholes). Would Micro-C be considered for inclusion in FreeDOS? _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
