On 08/12/2011 16:43, Malcolm Lear wrote:
Where's the like button :-) . I really can't believe we are still
stuck with this out of date ridiculous licence that's killing any
chance of a future for SMSQ/E. Surely it can be renegotiated?
On 08/12/2011 13:19, Marcos Cruz wrote:
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.
Wind up QUANTA and split any remaining money between the (two?) top
most important items needed to be liberated to gain the max impact for
the "QL"?
Per
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