And that means you still have to pay
$59 to get the source code for the compiler, which I think, regardless
of license, doesn't really qualify as ' more "free" than
OpenWatcom'...
Not really. If it's under a free (as in freedom) license, then only one
person (or many pooling together) needs to put up the cash to get one
copy, then they can give it away.
Happy Hacking,
David E. McMackins II
Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972)
Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889)
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On 2018-08-23 13:01, Ralf Quint wrote:
On 8/23/2018 7:47 AM, Roy Tam wrote:
Hi all,
Since Digital Mars C/C++ compiler can target DOS16, and they
relicensed compiler in Boost license, which is more "free" than
license that OpenWatcom uses currently, I wonder if core components
like kernel, FreeCOM, or accessories like EDIT can be compiled with
DMC?
Do you have a link stating that Walter Bright changed the license on
his C(++) compiler?
All I see on his web site is the same as it was when I downloaded the
last version about a year ago. And that means you still have to pay
$59 to get the source code for the compiler, which I think, regardless
of license, doesn't really qualify as ' more "free" than
OpenWatcom'...
On 8/23/2018 7:59 AM, Tom Ehlert wrote:
long time ago (before even WATCOM existed as a free compiler), I tried
this and failed, as some critically required segment directives were
missing. 15 years later, this may have changed.
good luck when trying this.
Having known and used the Zortech/Zorland compiler "way back when...",
I looked into the re-release of the Digital Mars compiler (<10 years
ago) and it worked just fine for "regular" programs, though I did not
try to use it against the kernel or FreeCOM.
But then the source code for the compiler isn't openly available and
hence a lot of those infected with the Stallman virus would object
anyway, so I have not looked any further into it, beside occasionally
downloading a newer version of the C compiler and the DOS related
libraries...
Ralf
Ralf
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