Re: DOSEMU Version 2 has been Released ([email protected])

I will delete the project.

On 07/09/2013 10:13 PM, Bart Oldeman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I feel I should clear up the confusion a bit, as official DOSEMU maintainer.
>
> Yes, it is true that life has changed quite a bit for me since 2007
> and I am now chasing two small children after work which does not
> leave as much energy or time to work on DOSEMU. There has however been
> some activity, after 1.4.0 in SVN, the 1.4.0.1 patch release in 2008,
> and quite a bit of development in git since Stas returned last year.
> The distributions now release based on git that we tried to keep in a
> stable state (the devel branch in git is allowed to change more).
>
> So, if somebody skilled with more time than me puts in all the effort
> to release a new version of DOSEMU I should welcome that.
>
> However, this is not the case here:
> 1. "dosemu-reborn" is practically the same as dosemu 1.4.0 but with
> licensing changes, some formatting changes and adds "#DOSEMU was
> reborn by Devyn Collier Johnson" at various places. A "2.0" should be
> instead (IMHO) based on git, be heavily tested, and come with a proper
> list of user-visible changes (and not a deleted NEWS file).
> 2. The license was changed from GPLv2-only to GPLv3-only. Sorry, you
> cannot do that in a fork. While I personally have no problem with
> GPLv3, you would have to ask all copyright holders to make such a
> change, or replace all code by those copyright holders (the dosemu
> files that say "GPLv2 or later" are the exceptions). (Quite similarly
> you cannot fork the Linux kernel under GPLv3 either).
>
> So while I have no problems with people forking, in the way it is done
> here I stronly object, and will only confuse people. But I will gladly
> pass maintainership to somebody who can release a "DOSEMU 2.0" that
> truly deserves that title.
>
> Regards,
> Bart Oldeman
>
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> On 9 July 2013 09:11, Devyn Collier Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Aloha DOSEMU Users!
>>
>> I want to info everyone that DOSEMU has been released and is no longer
>> abandonware. Feel free to contribute to the new DOSEMU team and help DOSEMU
>> compete with DOSbox.
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/dosemu-reborn
>>
>> Mahalo,
>>
>> Devyn Collier Johnson
>> [email protected]
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