Wow, never knew the stream used Linux, what actually says this? The only clue is that there's OpenSSL in it for doing something. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Baechler" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 11:27 AM Subject: Demos > Hi all, > > I have lots of disk space and access to a reliable web server running > Debian Etch. I will host demos of any old DOS products for the blind > that people want to send. I'm not really interested in magnifiers or > Windows programs with the possible exception of Win 3.1. I will host > full versions that are not demos only if I get a legal statement from > the person sending me the files that they have contacted the company in > question and the company allows it. I must also have copies of the > email from the actual company stating this fact. I will not share the > email unless I'm asked. I will leave it to someone else to make an > image if they want. > > Regarding getting software relicensed, I doubt if the GPL would happen > but a "freeware" closed source license probably would happen. The > companies aren't that hard to convince in some cases. I'm sure Larry of > Microtalk would do it but I don't know him personally. I would really > like to see APH release their Apple II software. I am not experienced > in advocating for license changes but I would appreciate it if someone > would ask the various companies. I'm sure GW Micro wouldn't go for it > just because they still sell Vocal-Eyes. I would be surprised if > Freedom Scientific would either. Humanware might because they use Linux > as the OS on the Victor Reader Stream and seem to be more open. > > I'm not into regular DOS software demos unless they are very old, > unusual, somehow significant, or otherwise hard to find. There are > already other sites doing that. It should specifically be for the blind > or have something to do with speech or Braille. Due to a router issue, > ftp doesn't work right so email attach is probably best. If someone > wants to walk me through fixing ftp on a Linksys router, I'll try my > luck. Don't expect any fancy web page but I'll put up the files > assuming they are legal demos and not huge. Huge is subject to my > judgment but disk space isn't a problem right now. > > Gaijin wrote: >> Think it would be nice to collect all this old stuff and put it >> on a CD or DVD iso image. I wonder what some of these defunct companies >> would say if we asked them to release the old, no longer supported >> source code to the GPL. I miss the old WordStar Professional word >> processor. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
