Re: install-freedos-master works

That's understandable, a possible compromise might be to put resource.txt=20
into dosemu2 which could tell installers that these resources are=20
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=20
freedoms for the following resources in the top of that file.  Even so,=20
having [email protected] is an excellent resource in and of=20
itself.


On Sun, 11 Apr 2021, Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:

> Unfortunately it is not so easy to combine everything inside one reposito=
ry.=20
> This was considered, but there is a strong incentive to keep these things=
=20
> separate.
>
> Many software distributions are facing a dilemma on which software to off=
er=20
> to users and which software had best be avoided. Part of this is related =
to=20
> whether software provides recipients with all four freedoms or whether th=
ey=20
> might restrictions in unexpected moments in case they want to use the=20
> software for specific purposes (commercial) or have a requirement to=20
> modify/distribute it. There are thus reasons for some to avoid distributi=
ng=20
> or recommending software that doesn't guarantee there won't be restrictio=
ns,=20
> instead seeking to provide only software for which full freedom is=20
> guaranteed.
>
> Therefore care was taken to avoid combining these scripts with DOSEMU2=20
> itself. At this point DOSEMU2 itself and some software that runs in it, c=
an=20
> be handled without restrictions. The software that this script installs=20
> cannot be easily modified as some of the tooling required to compile it h=
as=20
> restrictions. Future developments, either in removing restrictions from t=
he=20
> tooling used or by replacing this tooling may allow these tools to live m=
ore=20
> 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 dos=
emu
>>  -t and then ran insfdusr.=C2=A0 I was told that no user space existed s=
o 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.
>>=20
>