[Bug 456190] Review Request: dosemu - dos emulator

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--- Comment #52 from Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak at v3.sk>  2009-03-25 02:28:18 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #50)
> (In reply to comment #49)
> > Bad news :(
> > 
> > Seems like FreeDOS can be built with Watcom C and Borland C Compiler only, both
> > of which are non-free. Building with dev86's bcc is most likely not possible
> > now.
> > 
> > Do you think DOSEmu package would actually be usable without the FreeDOS image
> > shipped?

Is it?

> I have followed up on this, it seems building with free tools is possible, but
> not now, and maybe not ever.  Its a dam shame, does this mean its finished
> here?
> 
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=op.ura4quaez9dfrf%40isor&forum_name=freedos-devel
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=ef6ac8350903231451p2e1e7091n3eebd87a34c456d5%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=freedos-devel

That's pretty bad. On packaging list it was suggested [2] that you join forces
with Debian, which also ships pre-built binary, and try to convince them to
switch to dev86's bcc. It brings an advantage of being distributed with quite
popular Linux distribution.

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2009-March/msg00065.html

(In reply to comment #51)
> Just because we cannot build freedos shouldn't imply we cannot distribute it. 
> We /DO/ have the source code, and we can certainly distribute the source code
> (along with the pre-built binary).  That's certainly legal as far as the GPL is
> concerned, even if we can't reliably reproduce the binary using our compiler of
> choice.  

Derek we're not saying it's illegal. It just doesn't grant the user the freedom
to modify the program to suit his needs. See the thread on packaging list for
discussion on this [1]:

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2009-March/msg00056.html

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