At 10:11 AM 5/26/2002 +0100, Dave Walker wrote:
>This means that every time Wolfgang accepts an update into the official >release then all those who are active and already have the sources will want >a new copy of the official source. Does this mean that they need to apply >to Wolfgang again? I would assume not as this would very quickly become >unwieldy but the current license does not seem to offer an alternative. To >be practical in terms of likely effort this means that Wolfgang needs to let >all those who already have copies of the source an easy way of getting a >later version with the minimum of effort from all parties. Once you decide >this, why not make the initial distribution as painless. Dave does have a point. If someone sends in a 10-20 line change to an SMSQ/E code file (and OK's it for general distribution), there is no need to generate a new CD just for this change. If might be good enough to distribute the changes (as diff files or the just the file changed) on either floppy disk or e-mail. For security, floppies would be useful. Oh, just thought of something. If all those interested in the source would get a PGP signature (both public and private key), the Registrar could PGP the source code for each person, so that only they could get unlock the source code and get access to it. Might be useful for some people and it would be very secure. PGP was ported to the QL and is still available for other OS's. For those that don't know, if you run something through PGP with a person's public key, it can only be decrypted with that person's private key, which is something that only they should have. I don't know how big the SMSQ/E sources are. If it is huge, this option may not work. Just a thought. Tim Swenson
