Hello
...Who wants to put his name in a list?
Me also for sure.
I haven't tried to contact J. Clark Maurer in the past, so I have no idea what he will think.
Since this is a current product that is still marketed for Windows, my approach idea would be:
- Ask to open source Visual Slicked only for OS/2. It is an old and outdated version, so it will not affect his current business.
- Tell him that even if the OS/2 version is open source, he will keep all the copyright of the code open source at that moment. (as usual with open source software)
- The brand "Slick" will be completely removed from the OS/2 code version to don't reference the software and don't produce a confusion in the market. Only the copyright notice to the company will remain there.
- We will not market that SlickEdit for OS/2 got open sourced. We will recompile it with a different name... "WarpEdit".. "FinalEdit"... "CoolEdit"...
If he don't want to open source it. Ask him to get the OS/2 software released as "AS IS Freeware".
...sorry for dreaming ahead of time..
Regards