Top apps in first ROS 5 source release

BASIC, Paint, Draw, Filer and CDFS in initial batch

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Interesting goodies include Basic, the Filer, Draw, Edit, CDFS, and the Browse support modules. Interestingly, there's no click-through licence to accept to even pretend might be binding. rjek on 19/5/07 1:07AM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Just sorry I can't be at the show to ask the odd question or too. Well fair dues to ROOL and Castle for coming through with this. The selection of released code is larger than I though it would initially be (good....). rjek>Although it may not have a click through I think you'll find that people are expected to act in accordance with the terms - never mind the legalities of it - not all of the source is out yet and I can't imagine Castle would be prepared to continue releasing stuff if people didn't "play ball" as it were. AMS on 19/5/07 1:04PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Quick, download the source before they change their minds! simo on 19/5/07 1:49PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Well, the license is - as was expected - included in the downloads. For GPL software the license is ususally part of the download too so that I guess that does suffice. hzn on 20/5/07 6:59AM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

rjek: There is no need for a click-through licence. That kind of thing mainly happens with commercial executable software downloads. With source code that can be copied there is no need and you do not see that kind of stuff with GPL software either. The point is that by default, you cannot do anything with someone else's source code. If you want to modify or use it in your projects you have to show that you have a licence to use it. So, there is no need for Castle to keep a record of you accepting the licence. You either do not do anything with the source code, then the licence is immaterial, or you use the source code in one of the ways permitted by the licence and then you have implicitly accepted the licence because without accepting it you would not be allowed to do the things you do. wuerthne on 20/5/07 10:46AM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

In case you didn't know, we have a discussion topic in our "Wish Lists" forum on the www.riscosopen.org site called "The Next Sources to Release". This is the place to request or suggest which RISC OS sources _you_ really want to see us release next. Include a reason for your request and it will help us to prioritise our work. Thanks. riscosopen on 21/5/07 5:24PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

riscosopen: Can't seem to login just now... will try again later. Until then, my vote's for the Window Manager and printing system. lym on 21/5/07 5:33PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

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