If there is a license issue. Speak to Dave Dunfield on Vogons. He's responsive and quite reasonable in my experience.
On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM Bruno Ribeiro via Freedos-devel < freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > 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 >
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