DOS ain't dead - AC97 sound driver for DOS

AC97 sound driver for DOS (Announce)

posted by DOSferatu, minneapolis, mn usa, 14.12.2009, 16:14

> So you are the same person as "jeffleyda" ?

I am. hello!

>
> Interesting, I'll test :-)

yeah, my program on PH is really old. 2002. It was a single solution for a single piece of hardware that I needed it to work on, then decided that I'd give it to the rest of the world because there was ZERO AC97 stuff out there at the time, and I spent lots of hours figuring it out.

I do have an updated version of it that supports a half dozen more ICH chips, but haven't put that one online.

> "readme.txt" wrote
>
> > It's free, do with it what you will. I don't particularly care.
>
> But you did put it into de-facto Public Domain :confused:

Yes. I know that I have absolutely no recourse for him "stealing" my work or violating any terms; i wouldn't even pursue it if I did have any rights to claim. I'm also quite confident that he's not making any money off it, certainly not sailing on a yaht; that was a bit of hyperbole.

I guess what I'm getting at, and most certainly didn't describe it well in my post, as I was still in shock, was:

a) should i even care. should i care that he's charging money.
b) should i contact him, and what angle should i take
c) should i request my code be removed, or just a thanks be added to his documentation.

in the past, others who have used my work contacted me. either for a little bit of tech support, or to at least announce that they're doing something with it. [my code is being used in at least 2 video gambling machines in 2 different countries] I'm totally cool with that. those guys are making money with my work, but at least they were honest with me and contacted me ahead of time. this is different, it's a little weird. i disassembled portions of his .com file and saw my source pop up. that's freaky!

when i read through this thread and saw that he wanted some serious money for the USB drivers, then I got a little worried that this guy might not be doing these things for the pleasure of solving a problem, and wanted to know if your collectiveness had ever dealt with the guy before.

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