Well, I've downloaded the file, unzip'ed it, uploaded the XMIT, and did all the restores. I cannot commit to having enough time to necessarily look at this. Also, I cannot guarantee that I have the expertise needed to expand upon the original author's contribution. But I may learn something from trying.
Out of curiousity / concern: How will you coordinate multiple updates from multiple possible contributors? Or will each contribution "stand on its own" and "live or die" on its own merit? What is this code licensed under? By law, in the US and most of the world, the copyright for any software resides with the original author (or employer, depending). I have not found anything in the various files which licenses (allows) anyone to actually modify and redistribute this code. The same seems to apply to all the code on the CBT. Is there something on the CBT which assigns copyright? Or places all code in the public domain? Yes, this is a concern of mine. I've been hanging around those FOSS Linux people too long <grin>. If possible, with the original author's concurrance, I would suggest licensing this under the GPL version 3 or later. But that is just my preference. There are many "Open Source" licenses to choose from. The "simpliest" is perhaps the BSD license. I don't like it, personally, because it would allow somebody to simply take the code either as-is or with modifications and distribute the binary with no need to "give back" any modifications to the community. I regard this as very selfish and don't know if I, personally, am will for some 3rd party to "take" my code and profit from it without "giving back" in some form. -- Q: What do theoretical physicists drink beer from? A: Ein Stein. Maranatha! John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
