Re: install-freedos-master works

That's understandable, a possible compromise might be to put resource.txt 
into dosemu2 which could tell installers that these resources are 
available and point them to download locations if they'd like to have them 
with an explanation about probable limitations on some or all of the 4 
freedoms for the following resources in the top of that file.  Even so, 
having [email protected] is an excellent resource in and of 
itself.


On Sun, 11 Apr 2021, Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:

> Unfortunately it is not so easy to combine everything inside one repository. 
> This was considered, but there is a strong incentive to keep these things 
> separate.
>
> Many software distributions are facing a dilemma on which software to offer 
> to users and which software had best be avoided. Part of this is related to 
> whether software provides recipients with all four freedoms or whether they 
> might restrictions in unexpected moments in case they want to use the 
> software for specific purposes (commercial) or have a requirement to 
> modify/distribute it. There are thus reasons for some to avoid distributing 
> or recommending software that doesn't guarantee there won't be restrictions, 
> instead seeking to provide only software for which full freedom is 
> guaranteed.
>
> Therefore care was taken to avoid combining these scripts with DOSEMU2 
> itself. At this point DOSEMU2 itself and some software that runs in it, can 
> be handled without restrictions. The software that this script installs 
> cannot be easily modified as some of the tooling required to compile it has 
> restrictions. Future developments, either in removing restrictions from the 
> tooling used or by replacing this tooling may allow these tools to live more 
> closely together again.
>
> Op 11-04-2021 om 13:47 schreef Jude DaShiell:
>>  after a sudo make install and deleting a few old directories, I ran dosemu
>>  -t and then ran insfdusr.  I was told that no user space existed so exited
>>  out of dosemu and went into the ~/builds/install-freedos-master/src
>>  directory and ran freedos-installuserspace.
>>  The downloads from the ibiblio archive happened and were successful.
>>  Next dosemu -t and I find 6 directories on c: tmp was the only directory
>>  earlier and I got a bin directory and doc and help and they're populated
>>  with files.
>>  install-freedos-master ought to go into dosemu with documentation so
>>  things aren't so biforcated in the future.
>> 
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