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Congratulations / Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 26.06.2010, 14:59

> > as I'm about to become a father and I have little time before then.
> Congratulations to you both!

Ditto.

> > GPL concerns with CRT70 and fading text - I'm not sure GPL applies here.
>
> > On both sites they say their code is freely usable. Adding GPL here
> would
> > simply mean that any time their code is used that they get credit for
> it.

You could always use Frank Heckenbach's solution(s) in his NewDelay.pas. It's copyrighted but "free software" if you leave in the copyright text at the top.

> > but none of them are copyrighted so GPL isn't an issue here.
> IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer) however my understanding of copyright leads me to
> believe that this is not the case since from memory in many countries a
> person doesn't need to specifically put copyright on something for it to be
> copyrighted.

That's the way I heard it too, it's pretty much copyrighted immediately. But many people take it too far. Also, some countries won't even let you p.d. software, so you have to use something more legalistic.

> As said earlier I would thus suggest checking at least with
> any authors (e.g. Pedt Scragg's email addresses can be found on his
> website), or for the sake of time/simplicity simply calling out what is
> your GPL source and what isn't.

Last I checked (recently?), Pedt's web page was valid but his download links weren't. So he probably hasn't kept up-to-date.

Also, I think you can (have to, even, if part is) GPL a program "as a whole" without every single part being GPL (as long as it's compatible).

> tar?? Regarding file compression I would suggest shrinking with aPACK:
> http://www.ibsensoftware.com/products_aPACK.html
>
> aPACK's XT (-x) option will ensure that any resulting compressed EXE runs
> on older computers.

I like aPACK, but you can't unpack its output. And some even (unnecessarily, IMHO) worry that it violates the GPL due to this. It writes a custom stub for every .EXE. (DOS386 had a .COM aPACK unpacker, but I don't think that would work here.) Long story short, it doesn't matter to me personally, but I would probably just use UPX (--ultra-brute --lzma --8086) as aPACK barely saves anything extra.

Complete thread:

• Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - sinclaj1, 29.12.2009, 20:53 (Announce)
  • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - Rugxulo, 29.12.2009, 22:05
  • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - Deniska, 07.01.2010, 00:53
    • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - sinclaj1, 07.01.2010, 05:46
  • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - sinclaj1, 08.05.2010, 04:21
    • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - Arjay, 08.05.2010, 15:07
    • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - rr, 08.05.2010, 21:06
    • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - additional feedback - Arjay, 09.05.2010, 21:26
      • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - additional feedback - sinclaj1, 13.05.2010, 05:58
        • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - additional feedback - Arjay, 19.05.2010, 17:27
          • Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - additional feedback - sinclaj1, 24.06.2010, 16:01
            • Congratulations / Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - Arjay, 25.06.2010, 03:37
              • Galactic Conquest: GCFONT.PAS (drop in LoadFont replacement) - Arjay, 25.06.2010, 10:16
                • Galactic Conquest: GCFONT.PAS (drop in LoadFont replacement) - Arjay, 25.06.2010, 12:20
                • Galactic Conquest: GCFONT.PAS (drop in LoadFont replacement) - sinclaj1, 26.10.2010, 05:56
                  • Galactic Conquest: GCFONT.PAS (drop in LoadFont replacement) - Arjay, 26.10.2010, 11:57
                    • Galactic Conquest: GCFONT.PAS (drop in LoadFont replacement) - sinclaj1, 26.10.2010, 13:59
                      • Galactic Conquest: GCFONT.PAS (drop in LoadFont replacement) - rr, 26.10.2010, 21:13
                  • Galactic Conquest: GCFONT.PAS (drop in LoadFont replacement) - rr, 26.10.2010, 21:07
                    • Galactic Conquest: GCFONT.PAS (drop in LoadFont replacement) - Rugxulo, 27.10.2010, 23:43
              • Congratulations / Galactic Conquest v9 beta 55 - Rugxulo, 26.06.2010, 14:59
                • Galactic Conquest v9 file compression / UPX vs aPACK - Arjay, 27.06.2010, 00:11
                  • Galactic Conquest v9 file compression / UPX vs aPACK - Rugxulo, 27.06.2010, 08:10
                    • TP5_2COM - an example of how to generate a COM file from TP5 - Arjay, 27.06.2010, 13:30
                    • Galactic Conquest v9 file compression / UPX vs aPACK - Arjay, 27.06.2010, 14:00
                      • Galactic Conquest v9 file compression / UPX vs aPACK - Rugxulo, 28.06.2010, 06:45
                        • early Turbo Pascal quirks - Rugxulo, 28.06.2010, 07:02