From: "Chaos" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: fprintf() and using under graphic modes Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 16:23:09 +0100 Organization: Chaos Engine Lines: 42 Message-ID: <81pv7t$o2o$4@portraits.wsisiz.edu.pl> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pa165.warszawa.ppp.tpnet.pl X-Trace: portraits.wsisiz.edu.pl 943751229 24664 212.160.52.165 (28 Nov 1999 01:07:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT news DOT wsisiz DOT edu DOT pl NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Nov 1999 01:07:09 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.1 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com > >If you are willing to restrict your users to only people who have >LFB-capable drivers, you can do that. It certainly makes the coding >much easier, and most people these days do have VBE 2.0 or 3.0 >support, so this really just comes down to whether you are bothered >about also supporting the older machines that won't have this >support. Okidoki. >> But hey, can I redistribute my soft with SciTech's Univbe without any >> copyrights law consequences? Is it free for spreading? > >No. UniVBE is a commercial program, and each user has to license it >for themselves. The trial version is redistributable, but that only >gives you LFB support for the first few weeks, so it doesn't solve >your problem. SciTech will license you a full version that can be >linked into your game, but I suspect this is very expensive. > > >Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel replied: >> So IMHO you should be able to bundle the trial univbe version and >> a program to crack it (there are sooo many on the www) with your >> game without any copyright infringment or illegal things occuring. > >That sounds extremely illegal to me! 4 me too, though. We all don't want to be surprised by sudden police visit, do we? As I said earlier I'll check that out. > > Shawn Hargreaves. Take care. -=| Chaos |=- e-mail: chengin AT alpha DOT net DOT pl chengin AT polbox DOT com