Quote from: kimhav on 2008.01.29, 00:04:24
1) Get IBM to release the OS2 API documentation so that we at least can work with what we got?
They could do that, but they'll ask: "what profit will we earn from it?"
Quote from: kimhav on 2008.01.29, 00:04:24
2) OS2 PowerPC version is internal coded by IBM and by that should be possible to open source?
As I had already said, many OS/2 for PowerPC documents express clearly that much of OS/2 for PPC internals (base API) were just ported from Intel to PPC kernel. They did this to show "how great was their OS design".
Even in the kernel, much of the alleged "improvements" can be just OS/2 Intel code added to the kernel.
Saying OS/2 for PPC is just IBM code will not help because it is not.
Quote from: kimhav on 2008.01.29, 00:04:24
3) If Microsoft don't care about OS2; well then why not open the kernel code at least and WPS?
Microsoft doesn't care as long as their rights are being preserved.
Quote from: kimhav on 2008.01.29, 00:04:24
4) If IBM don't care about OS2; why not offer free download of the latest release?
5) Why not get OS2 World Foundation to offer free download after setting up an agreement with IBM?
6) If IBM don't care about OS2; why not name the price to give a 3rd party custody over the code?
Taking into account IBM's behavior towards OS/2, I believe IBM thinks in OS/2 as a shame they want to forget. They wanted OS/2 brand to fade long ago.
No, I am not just a pessimist. I really believe we must continue to ask IBM (and make some public noise...), give them some reason to put money in the source code release... but we must support osFree and Voyager also. We cannot let these projects die.
Maybe these projects could be added as a special kind of "bounty"? It's complex, because there will be a lot of people in the process, but something has to be done. Without access to source code, OS/2 (or even eCS for that matter) will not live forever.