Correct - if both modules (the apack stub and the original program) are
part of the same exe, they are no longer aggregates. They have become a
single executable. That is what Dave Turner (FSF) was trying to
communicate.
-jh
In the FSF terminology, aPack is semi-free, not proprietary.
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, tom ehlert wrote:
Neither are most compilers in use for FreeDOS (with the exception of
watcom).
LG ...and the Borland Museum compilers.
AFAIR, the Borland museum compilers have a license similar to
'free for personal use. if you want to distribute compiled
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Jim Hall wrote:
Correct - if both modules (the apack stub and the original program) are
part of the same exe, they are no longer aggregates. They have become a
single executable. That is what Dave Turner (FSF) was trying to
communicate.
OK, I'm trying to hook into this
Hi!
18--2004 08:14 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Devore) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Don't know if Bart has a TC/BC license; else all old kernels (compiled
with TC), are illegal, too.
MD Shhh! The Borland Compliance Engineer may hear you. I wonder how one goes
MD about getting a compliance
Hi, criminal news...
I share the point of view that I can compile things with museum Turbo C
and even spread them. But I cannot spread Turbo C itself easily: I am
supposed to send people to the Borland museum to fetch their own copy
if they want one. If you disagree about that, I can publish
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, tom ehlert wrote:
JH What about Pat Villani, who wrote prf.c and portab.h?
this prf.c was written by the author of mkeyb, NOT pat villani.
yes, prf.c was completely recoded in the early days I started maintaining
the kernel. It's had some more updates from me in the kernel
tom ehlert wrote:
Hello Jim,
JH I assume you mean yourself? Or do you mean Anton Zinoviev, since he
JH wrote several files from scratch?
several ? and I will immediately remove the BG keyboard from MKEYB,
should he ask me.
Yes, looks like BG. Looking at the mkeyb 0.40 zip file:
/* keydefbg.h
Bart,
BO Who can sue Tom for changing the license? The copyright holders.
There aren't any.
contributing to a project doesn't mean you get a copyright.
BO Will they
BO sue Tom? They'll have a tough time in court (because the contributions
BO are minor and close to fair use)
only 'close' to fair
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:12:41 +0100, tom ehlert wrote:
Or do you mean Anton Zinoviev, since he wrote several files from
scratch?
several ? and I will immediately remove the BG keyboard from MKEYB,
should he ask me.
As an active Linux developer he probably doesn't care, and even if it does
this,
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:42:52 +0100, tom ehlert wrote:
and that's the point where it hurts: that I can't exepack KERNEL.SYS and
FREECOM.COM with aPack to save some Kbyte
You may be able to do this Real Soon Now (in the FSF's sense, which
means some months ;-)
Those tiny 200 bytes provoked the
Hi!
18--2004 17:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luchezar Georgiev) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
LG was a sarcasm! Why? Because we care more about the letter and not the
LG spirit of the GPL.
LG What is the goal of the GPL? Providing freedom and ensuring that nobody
LG can deprive anybody from it. Do we
tom ehlert wrote:
unlikely. changing the license (from GPL2 to GPL3) requires
written consent from all contributors ;)
Most GPL'd programs have this statement:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
Steve Nickolas - Using Windoze wrote:
tom ehlert wrote:
unlikely. changing the license (from GPL2 to GPL3) requires
written consent from all contributors ;)
Most GPL'd programs have this statement:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:22:38 -0600, you wrote:
Hi Michael,
That's interesting. MPXPLAY lets me play a CD with a NUL output, which is mildly
amusing to watch. I can run MPXPLAY fine with NOEMS, or EMS set, with DOS=HIGH,UMB,
or DOS=HIGH (without UMB). Maybe the problem is with VCPI and your
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:45:33 -0600, you wrote:
Hi Jim,
Just thought I'd forward this to the list: looks like Slashdot has
listed FreeDOS as an option in their new poll: Favorite hobby OS.
http://slashdot.org/index.pl
:-)
FreeDOS is more than a hobby! ;-)
I'm trying to use Terminal
Title: VISUAL BASIC 5
On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 15:12, Steve Nickolas - Using Windoze wrote:
tom ehlert wrote:
unlikely. changing the license (from GPL2 to GPL3) requires
written consent from all contributors ;)
Most GPL'd programs have this statement:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it
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