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DEBUG v1.28g (Announce)

posted by awik, 18.11.2020, 10:50

> > Download DEBUG
> 1.29 - source and binary (151KB) - Last updated January 30, 2014
> >
> > NOTE: This is standalone software which is freely available for use
> but
> > should not be included as part of a collection or with any other
> software
> > and should not be redistributed. This applies to DEBUG 1.26 and
> later.
>
> :angry: :no:
>
> This is not free/libre anymore, hence FreeDOS (and others) totally reject
> this. I assume that was the point. I hope it makes him happy.
I intend to make changes (hopefully "improvements") to this program. I haven't decided on which release to use as a starting point for my work.

I did not approve of the change from NASM to JW/M-ASM, but I think I can manage.

If the licencing question works out, I think I'll use Vernon Brooks's 1.32b. I intend to make my work available under the same conditions as Paul Vojta did with his original releases.

Note that Brooks says "should" not, but does not explicitly or emphatically prohibit redistribution. It is a kind of gentlemen's agreement, however, and I'm willing to respect it. I would simply ask him, but I don't know how to reach him.

Another issue I want to resolve is the question of what to call the program. "Debug" is obviously not a sufficiently specific name. On my systems, it is called things like "deb98", "deb125", or "deb132b", but these are not good names for a software distribution.

I'm not particularly interested in FreeDOS either, but I do think its existence is a good thing.

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