DOS ain't dead - AC97 sound driver for DOS

AC97 sound driver for DOS (Announce)

posted by DOSferatu, minneapolis, mn usa, 11.12.2009, 20:17

hi everyone.

old thread, but i'm a new user.

This topic is interesting to me because I (back in 2002) wrote an AC97 .wav player for DOS. I open sourced it, and placed it on programmer's heaven:
http://www.programmersheaven.com/download/23237/download.aspx

so I checked out the stuff that georgpotthast was doing:
http://www.georgpotthast.de/dossound/index.htm

Sure enough, there's some chunks of my original source code in his work.
I didn't license any of my source-it's truly open and freeware; do with it what you wish. georgpotthast has absolutely taken my work to a new level-it's more robust and supports way more devices than mine ever did-kudos to him for this.

My concern is, that like his USB drivers, if he is looking to charge a pile of cash for his work, then this gets a little disturbing for me. I open sourced my project in the spirit of keeping things free and open, not to allow someone else to profit from the work I did.

I have not asked him what he's planning on doing; the site doesn't say that there is a cost for a license or for the source code. I have not (to my knowledge) had any contact with him.

This is a first for me; I'm not really sure what I should do. I'm flattered that someone is using my code in their own projects of course, but not so much flattered if he's out cruising in a new yacht because of my work...

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AC97 sound driver for DOS - Laaca, 25.04.2009, 10:59 (Announce)
- AC97 sound driver for DOS - RayeR, 25.04.2009, 15:12
- AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 25.04.2009, 15:45
  - AC97 sound driver for DOS - Laaca, 25.04.2009, 22:31
    - AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 26.04.2009, 02:15
      - AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 26.04.2009, 10:13
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 27.04.2009, 10:09
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 27.04.2009, 10:26
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 27.04.2009, 10:37
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - rr, 28.04.2009, 20:35
      - AC97 sound driver for DOS - RayeR, 28.04.2009, 00:50
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 28.04.2009, 01:16
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - RayeR, 28.04.2009, 09:13
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 28.04.2009, 10:27
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - Rugxulo, 28.04.2009, 22:50
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOSferatu, 11.12.2009, 20:17
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - Rugxulo, 11.12.2009, 20:36
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - rr, 12.12.2009, 22:55
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 13.12.2009, 09:56
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 12.12.2009, 09:33
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - rr, 12.12.2009, 22:37
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - Rugxulo, 12.12.2009, 23:04
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOSferatu, 14.12.2009, 16:14
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - Arjay, 14.12.2009, 18:10
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 15.12.2009, 02:38
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOSferatu, 16.12.2009, 16:03
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 18.12.2009, 01:55
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOSferatu, 18.12.2009, 17:55
        AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 19.12.2009, 04:10