On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Luchezar Georgiev wrote: > Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:00:30 +1200 (NZST), Bart Oldeman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> 63978 bytes!!! HOORAY!!! ;-) ;-) ;-) > > Still strange. I get 64266, doesn't matter whether it's OW 1.2 or 1.3.
Lucho, whatever you do. Please leave that copyright message in. You made a proposal to change it. Then just removed it. Which is worse. Or did you contact Pat privately. Then you should tell us. Basic courtesy is to respect original author's wishes. Some years ago (between Pat and me) the copyright issue was removed, then I added it back (removing the book promotion). I feel forced now to look up the original mail. It has to be seen in context of the original copyright message which was: " GLOBAL BYTE *copyright ="(C) Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998\nPasquale J. Villani\nAll Rights Reserved\n"; GLOBAL BYTE *os_release ="DOS-C version %d.%d Beta %d [FreeDOS Release] (Build %d).\n\ \n\ DOS-C is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the\n\ terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software\n\ Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.\n\n\ For technical information and description of the DOS-C operating system\n\ consult \"FreeDOS Kernel\" by Pat Villani, published by Miller\n\ Freeman Publishing, Lawrence KS, USA (ISBN 0-87930-436-7).\n\ \n"; " Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 23:47:51 -0400 From: Pat Villani " First, they should not have commented out the announcement. According to GPL, any program that is interactive must make a similar announcement. I just expanded it to promote my book as well. To comply with GPL, some sort of message has to be displayed. Arguably, if command.com does it, it could be viewed as unnecessary, but the kernel should do it in order to guarantee that the announcement is made when using other shells. " [...] "The code is GPLed. Period. I want it to remain open and that the source must be available according to GPL. There have been many violations, and I'm actively pursuing some right now." --- IMHO I want to make absolutely sure that anyone who uses FreeDOS is aware of it using the GPL. If random person/company distributes FreeDOS on some embedded system or as Dell then they must also be able to supply the source code. It isn't a simple "free beer" kind of software, there are strings attached (like the often forgotten fact that if you distribute kernel.sys you must also distribute the GPL itself with it). You must "keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty;and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program." (section 1). This applies for *both* *source* and *binary* distributions. So without permission of all copyright holders you are not allowed to remove that message. Period. Bart ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
