Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread userbeitrag
On 2017-11-05 01:48, geneb wrote: On Sat, 4 Nov 2017, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote: Isn't that exactly what JPSoftware did with 4DOS? And speaking of it, 4DOS isn't free - it is specifically restricted to FreeDOS, which makes it non-free. Which is basically nonsense because the person that

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread userbeitrag
Hi! On 2017-11-05 00:48, Jim Hall wrote: On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 20:09:48 +0100, userbeitrag wrote: I'm also thinking that FreeDOS should include a not-so-free and even a non-free section of software. The only limit should be restriction of redistribution. On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Mateusz

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:48:00 +0100, userbeitrag wrote: > What I'm saying is that you might consider allowing additional software, > either in the main distribution, or - which would be even better: to > allow the addition of easy to set-up additional repositories This has been possible for years a

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread userbeitrag
Am 2017-11-05 um 16:55 schrieb Mateusz Viste: On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:48:00 +0100, userbeitrag wrote: What I'm saying is that you might consider allowing additional software, either in the main distribution, or - which would be even better: to allow the addition of easy to set-up additional repos

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:58:54 +0100, userbeitrag wrote: > The truth is I don't have the time nor the resources. Sorry. For someone with no time you sure write awfully long mails. Might be time better spent doing actual stuff. > svarog386 is a good idea, but I would prefer to install the official

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread userbeitrag
On 2017-11-05 19:32, Mateusz Viste wrote: On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:58:54 +0100, userbeitrag wrote: The truth is I don't have the time nor the resources. Sorry. For someone with no time you sure write awfully long mails. Might be time better spent doing actual stuff. I type fast... ;-) But, yeah

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread Jim Hall
On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:48 AM, wrote: > What I'm saying is that you might consider allowing additional software, > either in the main distribution, or - which would be even better: to allow > the addition of easy to set-up additional repositories, so that users can > easily get freeware that is

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread Jim Hall
>> On Sat, 4 Nov 2017, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote: >>> Isn't that exactly what JPSoftware did with 4DOS? >>> And speaking of it, 4DOS isn't free - it is specifically restricted to >>> FreeDOS, which makes it non-free. >>> > On 2017-11-05 01:48, geneb wrote: >> Which is basically nonsense becaus

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread Dale E Sterner
You might list dos payfor software, a link to it, price , and user rating. If people get paid there might be more activity in some types of sofware. I have a dos version of PIXEL, looks just like windows. My copy is crippled but I'd be happy to buy a full version if it every exists. Put some money

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread Rugxulo
There are already several replies to this which I haven't read yet. So I might be missing or repeating something. But I'm going to reply anyways. On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:48 AM, wrote: > > I understand that the development of FreeDOS needs to be free as in freedom > as in open source. It makes

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:58 AM, wrote: > > svarog386 is a good idea, but I would prefer to install the official FreeDOS > distro and than add software from something like deb-multimedia in the > Debian world. Again, the keyword is trust. The FSF won't even link to us because we link to pro

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > > I helped JP Software with the source code release to 4DOS, and the > license was my greatest mistake in open source software. > > In retrospect, I should have stuck to my original suggestion to use the GNU > GPL. You can always ask upstrea

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-05 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > > You might list dos payfor software, a link to it, price , > and user rating. If people get paid there might be more > activity in some types of sofware. I have a dos version > of PIXEL, looks just like windows. My copy is crippled > bu