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AC97 sound driver for DOS (Announce)

posted by Arjay, 14.12.2009, 18:10
(edited by Arjay on 15.12.2009, 13:54)

Hi Jeff,
Glad to see you participating here, a good crowd and great to see it grow !

> a) should i even care. should i care that he's charging money.
Yes I think you should. It is your code and you sent a lot of time on it.

> b) should i contact him, and what angle should i take
Yes. Be nice, explain that you've noticed he has included some of your source code but hasn't given you any credit etc. He may have overlooked it, e.g. I've recently noticed (purely by chance) a similar unintentional omission, I let the person concerned know and they are now aware and are fixing it.

It's very easy to forget even libraries credits when caught up in the midst of lots of code. So be aware it may just be a mistake in terms of him not calling out your name. The financial side though is I feel a different point but I would suggest contact him politely first and see what he says.

> c) should i request my code be removed, or just a thanks be added to his
> documentation.
If he is using your code then at the very least I think you deserve a credit on the software/documentation. Re removal lets see what happens after you contact him and take it from there.

Complete thread:

• 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