I wouldn't expect them to ever release the source but to put it back on the market for sale, like it use to be. Not everthing can be open and free. If you tell them you have a million downloads they may feel there is once again a viable market for their product and will sell and upgrade their dos line. I thing that Corel still has alot of dos fans out there. I think alot of people miss the simplicity and practicality of dos. Don't expect the world to be completely free. DOS isn't worth much without high quality software to run on it
cheers DS. On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 11:29:10 -0500 Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> writes: > >> I downloaded as-easy-as from your site. > >> I didn't see a "LET command listed. Its a command > >> that makes dos qpro special. None of my dos macros > >> would run without it. > >> Maybe you could talk to Corel or who ever owns > >> the copyright and see if they could bring back their > >> office software for FREEDOS use. They made the best > >> dos software ever. > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:25 PM, Robert Riebisch > <r...@bttr-software.de> wrote: > > Hi Dale, > > > > Would be a nice contribution to the FreeDOS community if *you* > take this > > job. :-) > > > > I agree with Robert! I think it would be great for you to reach out > to > Corel (or any other software company) and ask that they release the > source code to their DOS applications under a Free/open source > software license like the GNU General Public License. > > You can reach Corel here: > http://www.corel.com/ > > I just contacted them to ask about Quattro Pro and WordPerfect, but > I'm sure it would help if others (like you) also contacted them an > politely asked if they would release the source code to their legacy > DOS applications under a Free/open source software license. The more > people who ask, the more likely they are to respond. > > On Corel's "Contact" page, you can chat online, open a ticket or > call. > I chose to open a support ticket with them. > > Jim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ After Weeks Of Rumors, Joanna Gaines Comes Clean risingstarnewspaper.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5ad8db08f39b25b084c2bst02duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
