Re: [Freedos-user] rcal v1.0

2018-08-07 Thread Bret Johnson
> Can you point out exactly which of these are: > - 8086-compatible > - 'normal' applications (not TSR) > - floating point-aware > - free to use, modify and distribute No, I can't. As I said earlier I haven't tried any of them, at least that I remember (I may have tried some of them a long time

Re: [Freedos-user] rcal v1.0

2018-08-07 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Tue, 07 Aug 2018 07:57:12 -0500, David McMackins wrote: > Based on the terms of the GPL, I think the package info file should say > GPL since the package must still be distributed under the terms of the > GPL (that's how copyleft works). GPL itself doesn't mean much, since there are many

Re: [Freedos-user] Difficulty with serial communications

2018-08-07 Thread Schoenfelder, Tim M
The FreeDOS serial communications is now working on my modern PCs. The serial port was expecting DTR and RTS signals to be asserted. Once they were asserted, it worked. Thanks to all who responded! Tim From: Schoenfelder, Tim M Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 4:14 PM To:

Re: [Freedos-user] rcal v1.0

2018-08-07 Thread David McMackins
Based on the terms of the GPL, I think the package info file should say GPL since the package must still be distributed under the terms of the GPL (that's how copyleft works). Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member,

Re: [Freedos-user] rcal v1.0

2018-08-07 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:45:33 -0500, David McMackins wrote: > Why does your "copying policy" say MIT but the license in RCAL.TXT is > GPL? Confusing. No it's not, if you can read. Here's an excerpt of RCAL.TXT just for you: rcal is published under the MIT license, as printed below. (...)

Re: [Freedos-user] rcal v1.0

2018-08-07 Thread David McMackins
Why does your "copying policy" say MIT but the license in RCAL.TXT is GPL? Confusing. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org

Re: [Freedos-user] rcal v1.0

2018-08-07 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Tue, 07 Aug 2018 02:11:50 +, Bret Johnson wrote: > There are several free DOS calculators listed here, including some that > are TSR's: http://reimagery.com/fsfd/calc.htm Can you point out exactly which of these are: - 8086-compatible - 'normal' applications (not TSR) - floating