DOS ain't dead - NOT My Words!

NOT My Words! (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 27.09.2007, 23:35

> I will admit that I told him and Johnson Lam how UPSET I am, that so
> many guys in this sad World can "use" others' software WITHOUT even
> the common "courtesy" of ASKING if this is acceptable BEFOREHAND!

I don't understand this. Do you refer to various distros publicly redistributing your stuff? (Examples welcome.)

Distribution terms for software vary widely in their so-called requirements. Usually, people just ignore it as long as the software is free and available online. (Not everyone has the time and energy to be 100% diligent as the FSF, for instance.) This is usually not meant to be offensive.

> Just see how QUICKLY my new drivers
> "appeared" on the IBiblio server, without ANYBODY at the Circus Maximus
> ASKING if it was O.K. with ME! Even AFTER my posting about "lawyers",
> I guess they STILL must have believed I might yet say "No". WRONG!!!!

Well, iBiblio is just an official mirror for FreeDOS, so Jim Hall often backs up most everything there (even stuff not officially part of FreeDOS). I mean, it's easy to "lose" software if the official site goes down and nobody mirrored it. That has indeed happened a few times. (Granted, even iBiblio isn't completely up-to-date, but it's much better than nothing, IMO.) He only mirrors what he personally finds useful, though, so obviously he likes and appreciates XMGR/UDVD/UDMA.

What, you don't like backups or having old versions or people possibly getting old versions or what? (Just asking for clarity's sake.)

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UDMA and UDVD with SATA support! Hex-boot diskette image - lucho, 16.09.2007, 18:30 (Announce)
- UDMA and UDVD with SATA support! Hex-boot diskette image - Rugxulo, 16.09.2007, 21:32
  - thanks - lucho, 18.09.2007, 09:38
  - UDMA and UDVD with SATA support! - lucho, 25.09.2007, 09:38
    - UDMA and UDVD with SATA support! - Rugxulo, 25.09.2007, 19:05
      - UDMA and UDVD with SATA support! - Rugxulo, 27.09.2007, 01:22
        UDVD and SATA drives - lucho, 27.09.2007, 08:14
        Please post SATA DVD test results here! - Japheth, 27.09.2007, 10:37
        UDMA/XMGR makes XDMA/XCDROM completely obsolete - lucho, 27.09.2007, 15:59
        No - Japheth, 27.09.2007, 17:55
        Source code of Jack's drivers IS free, but Japheth fears it - lucho, 27.09.2007, 18:27
        No - Japheth, 27.09.2007, 19:46
        NOT My Words! - Jack R. Ellis, 27.09.2007, 20:58
        NOT My Words! - Rugxulo, 27.09.2007, 23:35
        NOT My Words! - Japheth, 28.09.2007, 08:44
        Who is the liar? - lucho, 28.09.2007, 09:44
        Do you know what a "Winkeladvokat" is? - Japheth, 28.09.2007, 11:57
        Personal insults from/to Andreas Grech - lucho, 28.09.2007, 19:00
        and there again... - Aspi, 28.09.2007, 20:05
        You have asked, so please don't complain now - Japheth, 29.09.2007, 08:46
        I did nothing to be ashamed about so stop your flames please - lucho, 30.09.2007, 15:51
        Oh no, you are the source of all this - Japheth, 30.09.2007, 16:32
        Insulting personal qualifications from Andreas Grech - lucho, 30.09.2007, 16:52
        Ok, final comment - Japheth, 30.09.2007, 17:07
        I did nothing to be ashamed about so stop your flames please - Steve, 30.09.2007, 17:31
        "Targets" - Jack R. Ellis, 29.09.2007, 09:55
        "Targets" - Tom, 29.09.2007, 23:26
        Comments. - Jack, 30.09.2007, 00:43
        Comments. - Steve, 30.09.2007, 02:37
        Hitting The Road. - Jack, 30.09.2007, 09:16
        Hitting The Road. - Steve, 30.09.2007, 10:22
        Comments. - Tom, 30.09.2007, 16:14
        No Need, Tom -- I Will Leave. - Jack, 30.09.2007, 17:09
        WARNING: a response from one of the "bad guys"! - Japheth, 30.09.2007, 18:40
        Comments. - Steve, 30.09.2007, 17:43
        Who is the liar? - Steve, 28.09.2007, 12:26
        Software cannot be stolen - lucho, 28.09.2007, 18:53
        Software cannot be stolen - Steve, 30.09.2007, 10:48
        Software cannot be stolen - lucho, 30.09.2007, 16:36
        Software cannot be stolen - Steve, 30.09.2007, 17:16
        Source code of Jack's drivers IS free, but Japheth fears it - Steve, 28.09.2007, 12:05
        "Enlightenment" - Jack R. Ellis, 28.09.2007, 15:31
        Source code of Jack's drivers is really free! - lucho, 28.09.2007, 18:43
        UDMA/XMGR makes XDMA/XCDROM completely obsolete - Steve, 28.09.2007, 12:09
        Mixing incompatible old and new existing code is a bad idea - lucho, 28.09.2007, 18:22
        Mixing incompatible old and new existing code is a bad idea - Steve, 28.09.2007, 23:04
        An END To All This!! - Jack R. Ellis, 28.09.2007, 21:08
        No - Japheth, 29.09.2007, 09:02
        "No" To YOURSELF, FOOL!! - Jack R. Ellis, 29.09.2007, 10:50
        Yes - Japheth, 29.09.2007, 11:26
        Wrong AGAIN, FOOL!! - Jack, 29.09.2007, 17:42
        No AGAIN, friend! - Japheth, 30.09.2007, 15:48
        Lessons From YOU?? - Jack, 30.09.2007, 18:00