FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Collecting source code of BeOS apps

["Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a good idea. I have thought about this, often. 
I spent the last couple of days building a GUI in BeOS.
I found that 1/2 of the GUI builders for BeOS were either unavailable
(web site down) or ... unstable. 

Anyway - sure. Collect every bit of source you can lay your hands on.
If the developer needs an NDA, ask them to mail me and we can talk about it.
I think that will be a fairly rare case.


>Hello,
>
>as the primary aim of OpenBeOS at this time is to provide source compatibi=
>lity, we will have to make sure to have as much source code of apps as pos=
>sible=2E Many apps already include source code, but many don't=2E As I am =
>at this time not possible to contribute by coding, I would offer to take o=
>ver the part of collecting source code=2E That is not as complicated as lo=
>ng as it means downloading from BeBits or developers' sites, but when it c=
>omes to discontinued apps or closed source apps, we need another solution=2E=
> So we would for example need some kind of form, like an NDA, coming from =
>the OpenBeOS team "officially", in which we assure the developer not to gi=
>ve away the source code and only use it for the purpose of compiling the a=
>pps under OpenBeOS=2E What do you think about that idea? Do you have other=
> suggestions?
>
>Bye,
>Finn
>
>P=2ES=2E: See you at BeGeistert :-)