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Applications / Re: There's still kind people out there! GPF Rexx professional
« on: April 24, 2025, 04:16:25 pm »Hi Jan-ErikWould he agree to that someone sign a NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement)
and either let that person remove the code or himself if we'd scramble money to do it?
At a later stage it would be interesting if Gpf Rexx could work with ooRexx 5.x
I think I contacted the author long time ago. If memory serves me correctly, the issue was that the source code of GpfRexx contains the scramble procedure of any work created with that tool. That will mean that you can de-compile any software created GpfRexx if the author releases the source code. I think he does not want to have any kind of problems with that.
Maybe with a NDA, if someone gets the source code, to open source it will be required not to include that scramble procedure and maybe change the software in a way that the scramble code is customized by any software author.
Regards
During our mail exchange, Mr. Clerin was thinking about releasing the source code to the public, after removing all the cryptographic parts that might allow someone to decompile GPF REXX built programs. Afterwards, he decided to just lend me a personal license to replace my original lost one and a generic OS/2 license, so that there was no need for him to get up and running an OS/2 environment which he didn't have anymore.
This is what I was able to get, and I don't think he really wants to go deeper that way. But if someone is willing to ask him, maybe we could write him a petition with an NDA to continue GPF REXX development and maybe change the REXX core used, removing the registration code, or something similar. I'm thinking a mixed style license could do the job (of course no GPL, and this means that no open source software would be attached to the software or we'd have to disclose all the source code).
Mentore