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Combined .com executable/DOS driver (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 14.06.2010, 04:27

> Concerning a wrapper for UPX'd SYSCOM's - there are 2 further
> complications: 1) The UPX license doesn't allow the UPX decompressor to
> be modified. 2) UPX CRC's data - however it does NOT CRC all of the SYS
> header data and appears to not care about extra bytes being added (I need
> to do some further testing).

"You can use a modified UPX version or modified UPX stub only for
programs that are compatible with the GNU General Public License."

So it's not that dire, they just want you to presumably be able to actually unpack it to its original form (esp. for using newer UPX with better compression).

Complete thread:

• "That Will Be ALL!" For UIDE and USB! - Jack, 06.06.2010, 20:37
  • "That Will Be ALL!" For UIDE and USB! - Rugxulo, 07.06.2010, 04:20
    • Re: UIDE Unloading And Cache-Sizes. - Jack, 07.06.2010, 05:30
      • Re: UIDE Unloading And Cache-Sizes. - Rugxulo, 08.06.2010, 01:35
        • Re: UIDE Unloading And Cache-Sizes. - marcov, 08.06.2010, 23:18
          • Re: UIDE Unloading And Cache-Sizes. - Rugxulo, 09.06.2010, 04:23
  • "That Will Be ALL!" For UIDE and USB! - Japheth, 07.06.2010, 07:51
  • TSR vs DEVICE= - DOS386, 07.06.2010, 08:01
    • TSR vs DEVICE= - RayeR, 08.06.2010, 15:46
      • TSR vs DEVICE= - Arjay, 08.06.2010, 19:30
        • TSR vs DEVICE= - RayeR, 09.06.2010, 02:00
        • TSR vs DEVICE= - Japheth, 09.06.2010, 09:50
          • TSR vs DEVICE= - RayeR, 09.06.2010, 16:15
        • TSR vs DEVICE= - roytam, 09.06.2010, 18:18
      • TSR vs DEVICE= - DOS386, 27.06.2010, 14:30
    • TSR vs DEVICE= - bretjohn, 18.06.2010, 21:50
      • TSR vs DEVICE= - Jack, 18.06.2010, 23:29
        • TSR vs DEVICE= - bretjohn, 19.06.2010, 01:18
        • Nothing Against You! - Jack, 19.06.2010, 01:52
      • TSR vs DEVICE= - Japheth, 19.06.2010, 09:02
        • TSR vs DEVICE= - Arjay, 19.06.2010, 19:13
        • TSR vs DEVICE= - bretjohn, 19.06.2010, 20:33
          • TSR vs DEVICE= - Japheth, 20.06.2010, 09:04
            • TSR vs DEVICE= - Arjay, 20.06.2010, 12:48
            • TSR vs DEVICE= - bretjohn, 20.06.2010, 16:32
              • TSR vs DEVICE= - Ninho, 20.06.2010, 17:34
  • "That Will Be ALL!" For UIDE and USB! - marcov, 08.06.2010, 22:41
    • "Capital Letters". - Jack, 08.06.2010, 23:15
      • "Capital Letters". - marcov, 08.06.2010, 23:19
        • No "Rants", But ... - Jack, 09.06.2010, 00:24
        • "Capital Letters". - Arjay, 09.06.2010, 00:37
          • "Capital Letters". - Jack, 09.06.2010, 00:48
            • Seeking the middle ground: thinking re flexibility+realibity - Arjay, 09.06.2010, 02:29
              • Bret's USB driver bugs - I was testing v0.11 by accident - Arjay, 09.06.2010, 02:50
              • Seeking the middle ground ... - Jack, 09.06.2010, 04:29
                • giving back a block of HMA - Ninho, 10.06.2010, 16:03
                  • Giving Back HMA ... - Jack, 10.06.2010, 17:03
                    • Giving Back HMA ... - Ninho, 11.06.2010, 09:48
                      • Giving Back HMA ... - Jack, 11.06.2010, 16:43
                        • Giving Back HMA ... - Ninho, 12.06.2010, 20:30
                • Seeking the middle ground ... - Arjay, 11.06.2010, 19:29
                  • Seeking the middle ground ... - Jack, 11.06.2010, 21:42
                    • Seeking the middle ground ... - Arjay, 12.06.2010, 01:12
                      • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Ninho, 12.06.2010, 14:37
                        • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Arjay, 12.06.2010, 15:13
                          • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Ninho, 12.06.2010, 15:49
                            • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Arjay, 12.06.2010, 16:33
                              • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - RayeR, 13.06.2010, 10:41
                                • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Arjay, 13.06.2010, 16:11
                              • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Ninho, 13.06.2010, 13:24
                                • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Arjay, 13.06.2010, 18:54
                          • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Arjay, 13.06.2010, 20:42
                            • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Rugxulo, 14.06.2010, 04:27
                              • Combined .com executable/DOS driver / RJDUMP - Arjay, 19.06.2010, 15:08
                            • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Matjaz, 20.06.2010, 11:58
                              • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Turbo pascal example - Arjay, 20.06.2010, 13:06
                                • Combined .com executable/DOS driver - Turbo pascal example - Arjay, 20.06.2010, 13:39
                        • Combined SYS device drivers - more than 1 driver in a file - Arjay, 21.06.2010, 17:48
                        • Combined .com executable/DOS driver, multi-header drivers - ecm, 10.08.2010, 18:49
                          • Combined .com executable/DOS driver, multi-header drivers - Arjay, 10.08.2010, 19:41
                            • Combined .com executable/DOS driver, multi-header drivers - ecm, 10.08.2010, 20:21
  • No "Removable" HARD Disks Supported By UIDE! - Jack, 08.06.2010, 23:57
  • "That Will Be ALL!" For UIDE and USB! - bretjohn, 15.06.2010, 22:47
    • Further Comments ... - Jack, 16.06.2010, 01:35
    • "That Will Be ALL!" For UIDE and USB! - Rugxulo, 17.06.2010, 12:07
      • "That Will Be ALL!" For UIDE and USB! - bretjohn, 17.06.2010, 16:53
        • "That Will Be ALL!" For UIDE and USB! - Rugxulo, 17.06.2010, 17:45