I think Corel should realease their old versions FREE but be able to sell updates to their fans. I did purchase a disks full of updates from a woman who said they came from Corel. It gave me a hand full of improvements. If I see any more Corel updates - I'll buy.
cheers DS On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:40:14 -0500 Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> writes: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 5:12 PM, dmccunney > <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> wrote: > [..] > > If Jim can convince Corel to offer source uinder a license that > will > > let him add it the the FreeDOS distribution, I'll be surprised and > > delighted. > > > > If anyone actually grabs that source, and uploads new and improved > > versions incorporating changes they made to the source, I'll be > > astonished. > > > > Having it available under a compatible open source license will > let > > Jim make it available as part of FreeDOS. > > > > Having it available as Freeware gives folks something they can > *do* > > with FreeDOS, which may be more important. > > > I agree! > > My view is "Ask, and they might do it." And "If you don't ask, they > won't." > > The ideal is that vendors might release the source code under a > Free/open source software license, like the GNU GPL. That would be > great! > > But some vendors might not be able to release the source code. Maybe > there are legal restrictions, based on licensing agreements > (libraries, etc) and it would be too much work for them to go > through > the legal clearance process to release the source code to a classic > DOS program. In this case, I'd be happy if they re-released the > software as free (gratis). For example, Trius Inc did this with the > shareware As-Easy-As spreadsheet. They provided an activation code > that anyone could use to activate As-Easy-As 5.7. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ We Say Goodbye To Lara Spencer risingstarnewspaper.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5adb86e688ac26e654dest01duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
