Re: [Freedos-devel] VBE/AI SDK released on GitHub, to celebrate the Google vs. Oracle SCOTUS decision 🥳

2021-04-13 Thread TK Chia
Hello Tom, hello Volkert, By the way, we could use some help "porting" the C/C++ code in the VBE/AI SDK so that it can be compiled by Open Watcom. Right now, the code contains "far pascal" keywords, which unfortunately are specific to Borland (Turbo) C/C++. as the FreeDOS kernel uses "far pasc

Re: [Freedos-devel] VBE/AI SDK released on GitHub, to celebrate the Google vs. Oracle SCOTUS decision 🥳

2021-04-13 Thread tom ehlert
>By the way, we could use some help "porting" the C/C++ code in the VBE/AI >SDK so that it can be compiled by Open Watcom. Right now, the code contains >"far pascal" keywords, which unfortunately are specific to Borland (Turbo) >C/C++. as the FreeDOS kernel uses "far pascal" as well, I looked it

Re: [Freedos-devel] VBE/AI SDK released on GitHub, to celebrate the Google vs. Oracle SCOTUS decision 🥳

2021-04-12 Thread Volkert via Freedos-devel
A follow-up to my previous announcement: I got a reply from The Fat Man, and he graciously allowed free use of his FM timbres, on the condition that his copyright notice is included in any software in which they are included. Seems very reasonable to me. ☺️ I therefore added the MIDI/OPL2/TOOLS/ f

[Freedos-devel] VBE/AI SDK released on GitHub, to celebrate the Google vs. Oracle SCOTUS decision 🥳

2021-04-05 Thread Volkert via Freedos-devel
Hi everyone! Thank Goodness the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of common sense today. The copying of APIs for the purpose of implementation in original work is considered Fair Use! 🥳 Also today, as coincidence would have it, someone at VESA responded to my inquiry on the current legal status of