Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/03/12/00:44:55
On 10 Mar 1997, George Foot wrote:
>
> support AT cle DOT creaf DOT com is the tech support address. I try to contact them
> a few times before, without even a reply saying "no we won't do it".
> Still, I think the polite approach is the best. We just need to get a
> significant volume into their mailbox, persuade them that DJGPP is a
> development platform worth considering, and point out that if they're
> unwilling to release the source code then that's just fine, they don't
> have to. The binaries and include file should be quite sufficient. Also
> they may be under the impression that they would be required to GPL the
> code, since DJGPP itself is GPLed; this is, of course, not true, and
> perhaps assuring them of this would help.
>
> I have just emailed them again mentioning the above; perhaps if more
> people do the same we may change their opinion. But keep it polite ;)
>
which reminds me.. i used the VideoBlaster SE API from Creative some time
back.. this is nothing more than a description of the interface (e.g. at
the interrupt level), plus a TSR driver and a Windoze TWAIN driver. All
binaries, there isn't even an include file (though lots of sample code).
And this whole thing REQUIRES AN N.D. No source code, just the description
of how to access their TSR. That should give an idea..
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