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This is the list of people that agreed to open source their software, but they are still looking for the source code to make it public.  
This is the list of people that agreed to open source their software, but they are still looking for the source code to make it public.  


* [[Peter Kanis]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for OS/2 source code.
* [[Jay Schwartz]] -'''Reason:''' He is looking for OS/2 source code.  
* [[Jay Schwartz]] -'''Reason:''' He is looking for OS/2 source code.  
* [[Kevin Langman]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for his archives.  
* [[Kevin Langman]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for his archives.  
* [[Bob Eager]] - '''Reason:''' He needs more time. Contact him again on Mid-Feb 2016.
* [[SpUtils]] by [[Tim Mecking]]  - '''Reason:''' He is looking for his archives.  
* [[SpUtils]] by [[Tim Mecking]]  - '''Reason:''' He is looking for his archives.  
* [[Gibbon Talk]] by [[John C. Frickson‎]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for media. Not sure if he can recover it.  
* [[Gibbon Talk]] by [[John C. Frickson‎]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for media. Not sure if he can recover it.  
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==Lost Source Code==
==Lost Source Code==
* VRExtras Object Pack for VX-REXX and  VRDistributedConnection object By [[Peter Kanis]] - '''Reason:''' Source code lost. He turned his binaries into public domain.
* [[WPSClean]], [[LiveWire Communications]] by [[Les Novell]]: Backups was lost.  
* [[WPSClean]], [[LiveWire Communications]] by [[Les Novell]]: Backups was lost.  
* [[PMStat]] by [[Gerald Callow]]: He no longer has the source code.  
* [[PMStat]] by [[Gerald Callow]]: He no longer has the source code.  
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* [[PREPLOGO]] by [[Jonathan Czerwinski]]
* [[PREPLOGO]] by [[Jonathan Czerwinski]]
* [[Secure Desktop]], [[WPS-Watchdog]] by [[Jürgen Dankoweit]]
* [[Secure Desktop]], [[WPS-Watchdog]] by [[Jürgen Dankoweit]]
* [[OS/2 MineSweeper]] by [[Gordon Reeder]]
*OS/2 MineSweeper by [[Gordon Reeder]]
* [[ProTalk]] by [[Brian Fisher]]
* [[ProTalk]] by [[Brian Fisher]]
* [[WNice]] by [[Carsten Thornez]]
* [[WNice]] by Carsten Thornez
* [[Icontalk]] by [[Doug Azzarito]]
* Icontalk by [[Doug Azzarito]]
* [[ICQ/2]] and [[CallerID]] by [[Ed Ng]]
* ICQ/2 and CallerID by [[Ed Ng]]
* [[Alfons]] by [[Mikael Kjellström]]
* Alfons by Mikael Kjellström
* [[Answering Machine/2]] by [[Sacha Prins]]
* Answering Machine/2 by [[Sacha Prins]]
* [[Clone-Cleaner]] by [[Ed March]]
*Clone-Cleaner by Ed March
* [[Xit]] by [[Michael Shillingford]]
*Xit by [[Michael Shillingford]]
* [[Class Manager]] by [[Andrea Zaccagnini]]
*Class Manager by Andrea Zaccagnini
* [[PMCPU]] by [[Patrick]]
*PMCPU by Patrick
* [[MPEG Player]], [[Alarm Clock]] by [[Thomas Bradford]]
* MPEG Player, Alarm Clock by [[Thomas Bradford]]
* [[3DBar]], [[LM78]] by [[Stefano Zamprogno]]
* 3DBar, [[LM78]] by [[Stefano Zamprogno]]
* [[Webwriter2]] , [[Network Configuration Manager]] by [[John Blumel]]
* WebWriter/2, Network Configuration Manager by [[John Blumel]]
* [[Planets]], [[Hangaman]], [[QuoteMan/2]] by [[Everett Barnes]]
* Planets, Hangaman, QuoteMan/2 by [[Everett Barnes]]
* [[ADRp]] by [[Timo Maier]]
* [[ADRp]] by [[Timo Maier]]
* [[PPMU]] by [[Denny Mleinek]]
* [[PPMU]] by [[Denny Mleinek]]

Revision as of 15:17, 28 May 2017

To Contact

Contacted

Agreed

This is the list of people that agreed to open source their software, but they are still looking for the source code to make it public.

Lost Source Code

No desire to open

  • Michael Vulis - Reason: He does not have time to prepare and send me the source code.
  • Martin Vieregg - Reason: He still supports his software.
  • GpfREXX by Jean-Bernard Clerin by Reason - His software is an IDE which scambled REXX. If he turns it open source any program developed with GpfREXX can be un-scambled.
  • PRXUTILS - Reason - W. David Ashley can not open PRXUTILS because he signed and agrement with Gammatech. I'm looking for Benny N. Ormson
  • SuperPreview by Larry Bank - Reason: The software has his proprietary code for other software he commercialize today.
  • Animouse by Tony Terbizan - Reason:He agreed to Make it freeware. He need Dan Libby to find the source code.
  • Dinar by MLK Enterprises - Reason: "no"
  • RptView by Randy Cecrle - Reason: "It is a commercial product under Windows, can not be released."
  • Kermit by Frank Da Cruz - Reason: "He stills supports it"
  • Priority Master by Ted Waldron III - Reason: "He spend too much time with the OS/2 version and don't want to open. He will be willing to sell the OS/2 Source code."
  • MicroStation by Dario Ragazzini - Reason: "Belongs to bentley"
  • Dr. Dialog]] by David C. Morrill - Reason: He told me there was too much dependecias for Dr.Dialog.
  • EuraPM, Translator, TOM, PlayRec & Copywave, pmmerge.dll patch, add on for Visual Age 3.0 patch, CleanINI, isdn4you, NDB, ndbPM, ndbPM by Carsten Arnold - Reason: He don't feel ready to open source it. Too much work."
  • icq2, AutoBMP by Gene Akins - Reason: He passed away.
  • Dialog Enhancer by Richard - Reason: He passed the Source Code To Serenity
  • BlueCAD by CadWare - Reason: Support replied that is freeware and that there is no interest on open sourcing it.
  • Unimaint, Filestar/2, FlexEdit by Jim Read - Reason:Not ready to open source yet.
  • IBM OS/2 API Trace by Dave Blaschke - Reason: He told me that the API trace utility is IBM Copyright, he is going to ask for permission, and there is also some copyright free source code for tracing API calls.

Open Sourced

When the source code gets released it goes to this list: