On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Bryce Denney wrote: > I thought Kevin said long ago, multiple times, that he wouldn't support > changing the license from LGPL to GPL for various reasons. I looked but I > can't find that email ATM. I also recall that he wrote something like > "please kill this thread." > > The point is, Kevin wrote most of the code in plex86. If he doesn't > support a change in license, then there's no point in arguing over it. > Talking about patches and cvs and bugs and roadmaps would be much more > interesting and productive, IMHO.
fully agreed. IIRC somebody raised an issue about DOSEMU being GPL and plex86 being LGPL'ed. That does not mean that you cannot borrow DOSEMU code for plex86; it means that you cannot do that without permission. So if you would see a relevant piece of DOSEMU that you'd find useful for plex86 or Bochs then just send me a mail to ask for permission, and there's a fair chance you'll get it; depending on the person who wrote the code. I should be able to sort out the emails of the original authors. I have absolutely no problem with the code I contributed to DOSEMU and I can't imagine other DOSEMU developers would have a problem. I have borrowed some code from Bochs in the past (for planar VGA mode video emulation), optimized it, and haven't contributed back. Shame on me. Bart (DOSEMU development coordinator/maintainer)
