On 11/13/06, Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rex Conn wrote: > > > > The only restrictions I'd put on the source code is that it not be used > > > > for > > > > an OS other than FreeDOS or any commercial products without my > > > > permission.
This is a somewhat nasty term that makes it not "Open Source". Looking it up, ; (2) The Software, or any portion of it, may not be compiled for use on any ; operating system OTHER than FreeDOS without written permission from ; Rex Conn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Strictly spoken that would mean that there needs to be a check with int21/ax=3000 to return bh=0xfd, because otherwise the compiled version will automatically run on any other DOS as well. I get the impression that what he really tries to prevent is that someone creates a competitor for 4NT using the 4DOS source code. It's a bit like Open Motif in that respect, you can look that up... and Fedora Core 6 doesn't have that any more because of legal concerns. In any case, this means that FreeCOM hasn't suddenly become obsolete (a dosemu-freedos package with 4DOS wouldn't get past the license checks of many distributions). > This will require some work to compile, especially if you want to use > OpenWatcom and NASM instead of the original MSVC and MASM. Sure, with a few 100K of ASM code, this is not a trivial task. Bart ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
