DOS ain't dead

License choice? (Announce)

posted by mbbrutman , Washington, USA, 23.10.2010, 23:42

The rant is fine - your philosophy on this isn't too far away from mine.

I like the general idea of 'Share and enjoy, don't be evil, and the warranty is limited to what you paid for the code'.

There are still embedded DOS applications out there running cash registers, industrial process control, etc. I've had two or three semi-serious inquiries in the past year. While I'm not totally opposed to commercial use, they should be throwing some debug, development, or whatever back into the shared pool to support what they are using. Common sense, but common sense isn't that common.


> Some projects are more closely monitored and controlled than others. Most
> will admit that an open repo will increase bugfixes, improvements, etc. But
> some have tried and still fallen by the wayside for lack of updates.
> (Of course, r/w repo access and licensing and popularity and management
> affect all this too.) So there is no guarantee.
>
> You only need to worry about yourself (mostly), then your audience
> (obviously). What do they want? What do they need? What hurts you or them?
> And so act accordingly.

I don't know my market. This might all be for nothing. ;-0


Mike

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Complete thread:

• mTCP 2010-09-16 Version - mbbrutman, 17.09.2010, 02:16
  • mTCP 2010-09-16 Version - 60-Bytes-BUG fixed - DOS386, 13.10.2010, 03:43
    • mTCP 2010-09-16 Version - 60-Bytes-BUG fixed - mbbrutman, 13.10.2010, 06:16
      • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 21.10.2010, 05:59
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - ecm, 21.10.2010, 06:06
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - Rugxulo, 21.10.2010, 08:21
          • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 21.10.2010, 15:23
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - ecm, 22.10.2010, 18:48
          • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 22.10.2010, 20:40
            • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - ecm, 22.10.2010, 21:59
              • License choice? - mbbrutman, 23.10.2010, 23:36
                • License choice? - Rugxulo, 24.10.2010, 00:55
                  • License choice? - mbbrutman, 24.10.2010, 16:19
                • License choice? | TEST | not DOG-BOX - DOS386, 24.10.2010, 04:05
                  • Problem reports - send me a TRACE! - mbbrutman, 24.10.2010, 16:15
                • License choice? - ecm, 28.10.2010, 23:02
                  • License choice? - mbbrutman, 29.10.2010, 01:33
                    • License choice? - ecm, 29.10.2010, 14:02
            • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - Rugxulo, 22.10.2010, 22:24
              • License choice? - mbbrutman, 23.10.2010, 23:42
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - Laaca, 29.10.2010, 07:51
          • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 29.10.2010, 17:32
            • mTCP - TSR? - ecm, 29.10.2010, 23:31
              • mTCP - TSR? - mbbrutman, 29.10.2010, 23:50
                • mTCP - TSR? - ecm, 30.10.2010, 00:04