En/Je/On 2011-12-07 10:48, Daniele Terdina escribió / skribis / wrote : > You can use SMSQ/E with Q-emuLator,
I know, but you have to purchase it (the Gold Card version). Am I right? That's what I meant. Thanks to the QLPAK format, currently Q-emuLator is more suitable than QPC2 for distributing QL software for non-QLers, but with almost all limitations of the original machine (speed, screen, QDOS...); well, you can use a Minerva ROM, what is an improvement. > there would be at least three clauses in the current SMSQ/E license > preventing users from redistributing SMSQ/E for free with their SBASIC > code:The SMSQ/E binary can only be distributed by resellersResellers need to > provide support for SMSQ/EResellers need to pay 10 euros for each copy to > Tony Tebby In other words, to distribute a free SMSQ/E runtime with your > program, you would need to first register as a reseller (the easy part), > cover for the 10 euros for each copy out of your pocket, and be on the hook > to provide SMSQ/E support even though you are giving it away for free. Thank you. I didn't rememeber the precise details, but I read about all this some time ago... ...and it still sounds plain Midle-Age to me :) In my opinion, such arrangement could work in the early 1980s (before the Internet and before the free documentation and software licenses) but today it's impossible to promote a software platform that way -- on even keep it alive! No new users will ever come, no matter how potentially useful for certain tasks (or for developing certain software projects) a modern QL can be. Marcos -- http://programandala.net _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
