On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 06:39:27 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Following the discussions at EIndhoven,here is what has been agreed upon,
> Tony TEBBY also having agreed to it:
>
> In short:
In short this is GREAT NEWS ! :-))))))))))
> Finally, I would like to add a personal note:
>
> A -
> Some passages of the above, mainly those which result in a limited distribution
> of SMSQ/E may loook pretty harsh to some of you, especially the proponents of
> totally open software.
Open software is not an aim it itself. I see the openning of the SMSQ/E
sources as the key survival of this wonderful OS, the fact that some
restrictions (particularly "style" related ones) are put on it is, as far
as I am concerned, a GOOD THING !
> However, I consider that there are a few people (like JMS and Qbranch) who
> are the glue that hold the QL world still together. If they have absolutely
> no financial incentive to continue, they probably won't. In my opinion,
> the effect on the QL World could be disastrous.
>
> There are also some other people, like Marcel Kilgus, who have put an
> enormous effort into SMSQ/E, and would like their efforts to be retibuted in
> some way. Others, such as Peter Graf, have invested much of their time and money
> to design hardware which is still being built and sold - if no coherent
> verson of SMSQ/E exists, then the effect on sales could also be disastrous.
>
> The above all implies that some incentive exists for people to a) maintain an
> offical registration b) pour more time into developments beneficial to all
> versions of SMSQ/E c) BUY the official distribution, to have something coherent and
> supported. This incentive can only result, in such a small world as ours, from
> some restriction on the copyright.
>
> I HOPE you can agree with this.
100% agreed !
> B -
> I have been appointed as the registrar (more by default than anything else).
> I will try to fulfil that role as well as possible. As I have already stated in this
> list, my main aim is to make sure that we have coherent versions for all
> machines. There will always be "locomotives", i.e. people doing something new
> for one version of SMSQ/E, which will then also be applied, hardware permitting, to
> other versions.
>
> However, I can not do that work (alone). I NEED the help of some of you (who will
> be "key developers" for one machine) so that they can implement the necessary
> changes (if any) for each specific machine.
>
> Thus I make a PLEA for volunteers. Obviously, for SMSQ/E running on QPC, Marcel
> KILGUS will be the key developer.
> For SMSQ/E on Q60/Q40, the obvious persons would be Claus and Peter GRAF (yes, I
>know,
> I'm trying to twist your arm here, Claus and Peter :-) and perhaps also Jer�me
>GRIMBERT (?)).
You can add me to this list. :-)
> What about the other machines? Anybody out there interested:
>
> QXL (Thierry Godefroy?)
Why not ? Although my programming efforts will be mainly turned towards the
Q60, now...
> Aurora ?
> SuperGoldCard ?
I got Aurora+SGC, so here again, I could help...
Thanks, Wolf, Jochen, Roy and of course TT for making this dream come true !
QDOS/SMS forever !
Thierry.
PS: I'm overly busy right now, so I can't really participate to the
discussions, but I will keep reading eagerly this thread and will
only react in case I disagree on some point...
To those who are wondering: I just can't updates my websites right
now, I will do it ASAP (i.e. probably in two or three months !)...
