On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:20:43 +0100, John Gilpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Following recent suggestions, I have been investigating the feasibility > of > purchasing a suitable license from the Software house that we currently > pay > royalties to for the software QMAC and QLinker. Although they have not > ruled > out the possibility of supplying us a license to cover 'indefinite sales > for > a one time fee', they have warned me that due to the passage of time, the > source code has been archived and it would be extremely expensive to > retrieve it. > > Can I ask those of you who were interested in this software to advise me > if > the source code is necessarily required or should I continue with my > negotiations as outlined above without the source code being provided? > > Incidentally, their C.E.O. compliments us all on supporting the Sinclair > QL > for over 20 years. > > Best regards to all, > Many thanks for investigating this - it would be interesting to know the cost of the one-off licence and the cost of retrieving the source codes. However, with tools such as DEAssembler and the knowledge within the QL world, there may be no need to actually obtain the sources. After all, all we really want this free assembler for is to allow easy compiling of the smsq/e sources. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
