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==Contacted==
==Contacted==
* by [[Kevin G. McCoy]]- '''Reason:''' He is looking for the code.
* by [[Kevin G. McCoy]]- '''Reason:''' He is looking for the code.
* [[SystemInformationDisplay/2]] and [[InetPowerServer]] by [[Terje Flaarønning]] - '''Reason:''' Told me that is Pascal and has third party code.  
*SystemInformationDisplay/2 and [[InetPowerServer]] by [[Terje Flaarønning]] - '''Reason:''' Told me that is Pascal and has third party code.  
* [[WPSClean]], [[LiveWire Communications]] by [[Les Novell]] - '''Reason:''' Confirmed identity on LinkedIn
* [[WPSClean]], [[LiveWire Communications]] by [[Les Novell]] - '''Reason:''' Confirmed identity on LinkedIn
* [[ICON2GIF]], [[RAVE!]] by [[J. Ashley Roeckelein]] - '''Reason:''' Contacted via Linkedin.  
*ICON2GIF, RAVE! by [[J. Ashley Roeckelein]] - '''Reason:''' Contacted via Linkedin.  
* [[NeoN Grafix 3D]] by [[Jens Stutte]]  - '''Reason:''' He is thinking about it and need to request permission to other author.  
* [[NeoN Grafix 3D]] by [[Jens Stutte]]  - '''Reason:''' He is thinking about it and need to request permission to other author.  
* [[Nicki's USBCamera-To-HardDrive-Thingy]] by [[Peter Brown]] - '''Reason:''' He is thinking about it.
*Nicki's USBCamera-To-HardDrive-Thingy by [[Peter Brown]] - '''Reason:''' He is thinking about it.
* [[Conversion Pro]], [[Alcahest PM GUI]] by [[Jon F. Kaminsky]] - '''Reason:''' Concern about dependencies.
*Conversion Pro, Alcahest PM GUI by [[Jon F. Kaminsky]] - '''Reason:''' Concern about dependencies.
* [[Watchcat/2]] by [[Felix von Normann]], [[Thomas Opheys]]
*Watchcat/2 by [[Felix von Normann]], [[Thomas Opheys]]
* [[Amouse]], WPSac, PMFormat by [[Markus Noller]]
*Amouse, WPSac, PMFormat by [[Markus Noller]]
* [[FolderOpen]], [[newobj]] by [[Matt Linder]] - '''Reason:''' He is thinking about it.
*FolderOpen, newobj by [[Matt Linder]] - '''Reason:''' He is thinking about it.
* [[TrafficVisor II]], [[IRC Bot]], [[REXX PPP Server]] by [[Vasilkin Andrey]]  - '''Reason:''' He is thinking about traficvissor]].
* [[TrafficVisor II]], IRC Bot, REXX PPP Server by [[Vasilkin Andrey]]  - '''Reason:''' He is thinking about traficvissor]].
* [[Impos/2]] by [[Werner Broermann]] - - '''Reason:''' He will probably do it, but I never got a reply.
* [[Impos/2]] by [[Werner Broermann]] - - '''Reason:''' He will probably do it, but I never got a reply.



Revision as of 07:45, 6 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: