Hi networkers!
>How about :
>
> The JoyNet Standard
Wow! We agree on a name before we even read each other's proposals...
>How about making a small name competition?
Nah. It's too much trouble and it takes too long.
I was thinking of dedicating some WWW pages to the project. For now, it
could contain an archive of all the hardware designs and assembly sources.
Later a list of games and utils could be added.
Anyway, the WWW page would be much easier to refer to if the project has a
name.
>And the person who proposed it will get eternal lasting fame
>for it in the MSX networking community ;-)
I still need eternal lasting fame, because the fame I got from the BASIC
compo was only for a limited time ;)
>One more thing. How about the intellectual rights and copyrights for the
>hardware design, the protocols, the software drivers, etc. As this is a
>public project, I propose to make it completely free.
All work done on this list should be free.
But what about games and utils using the public hardware and software?
I would prefer it if they would be free, because the low price is one of
the most important benefits of the joystick network.
But I also think that software makers shouldn't be forced to make only free
software, they should be able to decide for themselves.
>For example by using the GNU public license used in the Linux world.
Please tell us more about the GNU license. I hear the name a lot, but I
don't know exactly what its terms are. For example, there is some rule
about distributing source code that is not clear to me.
Bye,
Maarten
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