Source Codes

[Vitel]

Where are the source codes of the following packages:

Quake1
Quake2
Quake3
NanoGL
GPFCE
NesEmu
Picodrive

 

[Mofokubik]

http://sourceforge.net/

 

[Pickle]

Quake1 : working on it still, latest version locks up
Quake2 : see below
Quake3 : its been on my mind to add some options to the nub code, q3 is actually up on my ftp, i dont remember the actual name at the moment.
NanoGL : needs some cleanup
GPFCE : i can put this up, if i havnt
NesEmu : theres wasnt much changed from the official source but i can put it up
Picodrive : not me

Im curious what is your interest with the quake's and nes stuff?

 

[Exophase]

He probably just wants to see the GPL complied with (which most of those are fully under). That includes the licensing details distributed with the program and some clear way to obtain the source.

Come to think of it, the PND distribution makes it kind of hard to include COPYING.DOC with. Is it okay to just shove it in the embedded readme that the documentation tags points to? Or is there like, a license file tag or something..

 

[Pickle]

He probably just wants to see the GPL complied with (which most of those are fully under). That includes the licensing details distributed with the program and some clear way to obtain the source.

Come to think of it, the PND distribution makes it kind of hard to include COPYING.DOC with. Is it okay to just shove it in the embedded readme that the documentation tags points to? Or is there like, a license file tag or something..

The PND doesnt really support this, Ive read zx81 was still zipping things up with the pnd inside.

 

[notaz]

Picodrive

not GPL.

 

[Caine]

The PND doesnt really support this, Ive read zx81 was still zipping things up with the pnd inside.

Do you think the PXML format should be extended with a reference to a license file?

 

[Trip]

Yep, and I told ED that a while ago too.

PND's should most definitely make it easy for people to get at the source code. People learn by reading through source code and the more developers the Pandora has the bigger the chance of it being successful. It makes no sense not to on a computer that runs open source software.

EDIT: IIRC it was said that the PND format specifies a field for adding extra info anyway, so extending the format to fully support licences and source code wasn't high on the list of things to do.. if at all.

 

[cosam]

Come to think of it, the PND distribution makes it kind of hard to include COPYING.DOC with. Is it okay to just shove it in the embedded readme that the documentation tags points to? Or is there like, a license file tag or something..

The PND doesnt really support this, Ive read zx81 was still zipping things up with the pnd inside.

I usually just chuck everything (COPYING, README, whatever) in the root of the PND. I believe that technically this is compliant as it's really no different than including said files in any other form of archive, such as a tarball or zip.

Bespoke license/source tags in the PXML would however make it much more accessible. The existing info tag can be used in the time being, but the files then end up bunched together under "Documentation". Even simply splitting this up into sections per application would be a great improvement.

 

[Vitel]

on my ftp

URL please.

Im curious what is your interest with the quake's and nes stuff?

I just want to install them on my Pandora. I prefer Gentoo and compile all packages from source codes.

 

[Vitel]

Picodrive

not GPL.

Do you mean that it is proprietary? Is yes, then do we have a free Sega emulator?

 

[Vitel]

PND's should most definitely make it easy for people to get at the source code. People learn by reading through source code and the more developers the Pandora has the bigger the chance of it being successful. It makes no sense not to on a computer that runs open source software.

Moreover, they don't even publish the source codes on the app storage.

 

[Trip]

PND's should most definitely make it easy for people to get at the source code. People learn by reading through source code and the more developers the Pandora has the bigger the chance of it being successful. It makes no sense not to on a computer that runs open source software.

Moreover, they don't even publish the source codes on the app storage.

Yeah. I believe Craig said that he would be adding that soon.

 

[Pickle]

on my ftp

URL please.

I dont remember and i dont have access at this very moment

Im curious what is your interest with the quake's and nes stuff?

I just want to install them on my Pandora. I prefer Gentoo and compile all packages from source codes.

[/quote]

Ok thats fine, can i ask you be patient with me and i will get everything up (for the exception of quake 1) over the weekend

 

[Vitel]

Ok thats fine, can i ask you be patient with me and i will get everything up (for the exception of quake 1) over the weekend

This is not urgent. Please take your time. I can wait a couple of weeks or so.

 

[Unfathomable Depths]

Where are the source codes of the following packages:

Quake1
Quake2
Quake3
NanoGL
GPFCE
NesEmu
Picodrive

Please would have been nice.

Are manners open source?

 

[Exophase]

Do you mean that it is proprietary? Is yes, then do we have a free Sega emulator?

Not one that's anywhere as good as Picodrive is for ARM handhelds.

Why do you want to compile the PNDs yourself? Do you distrust us?

 

[Drack]

Because ebuilds that compile sources directly is preferred way to install packages in Gentoo.

 

[Vitel]

^ This
+ I may want to modify the source code, try different build flags, etc.

Not one that's anywhere as good as Picodrive is for ARM handhelds.

Is there something not so good as Picodrive, but at least working?

 

[Exophase]

PicoDrive isn't GPL, but the source is at least available for earlier versions. If you just want source you should seek this out.

The two other open source Genesis emulators I'm aware of are Gens and Genesis Plus. Wikipedia says Genesis Plus is GPL, but the MacOS X version isn't, so it might be dual licensed. Gens also claims to be GPL, but I've heard there are some conflicts with some of the code it has pulled in.