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* 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
*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.  
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*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]]
*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]].
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==Agreed==
==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.  
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.  
* [[Gene Backlin]]-'''Reason:''' He is looking for the source code on the basement.
* [[Julien Pierre]] -'''Reason:''' He is looking for [[MM Pack]]
* [[Peter Wansch]] -'''Reason:''' He asked me to write him via e-mail.
* [[Carla E. Fischer]] -'''Reason:''' She owns the rights of [[OWPZip]] source code, she need to release it under a different name.
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* [[David DuPré]] - [[PMWeather]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for the source code.
* [[Frank Wochatz]] - '''Reason:''' He wants to know where to post the code.  
* [[Frank Wochatz]] - '''Reason:''' He wants to know where to post the code.  
* [[Julien Pierre]] -'''Reason:''' He is looking for [[MM Pack]]
* [[Kelly Schrock]] -'''Reason:''' He is looking for OS/2 source code.  He gave permission to give his software as freeware.  
* [[Kelly Schrock]] -'''Reason:''' He is looking for OS/2 source code.  He gave permission to give his software as freeware.  
* [[Kevin Langman]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for his archives.  
* [[Kevin Langman]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for his archives.  
* [[SpUtils]] by [[Tim Mecking]]  - '''Reason:''' He is looking for his archives.  
* [[Facelift Theme Creator]] - [[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.  
* [[John C. Frickson‎]] - [[Gibbon Talk]] - '''Reason:''' Can't contact him anymore.  He was looking for media. Not sure if he can recover it.  
* [[Chris Laforet]] - [[Simplex]] - '''Reason:''' Agreed. He is looking for the source code.  
* [[Chris Laforet]] - [[Simplex]] - '''Reason:''' Agreed. He is looking for the source code.  
* [[Mario Sebastiani]] - [[Account Manager]], [[Syncro]] - '''Reason:''' Agreed. He is looking for the source code.  
* [[Mario Sebastiani]] - [[Account Manager]], [[Syncro]] - '''Reason:''' Agreed. He is looking for the source code.  
* [[Dennis Caffi]] - [[Home Automation System/2]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for the source code.
* [[Denis Tazetdinov]] - Modified scroll-point mouse driver, Dialer/2, Easyrecord (PMRecord)  - '''Reason:''' He is looking for the source code.
* [[Denis Tazetdinov]] - Modified scroll-point mouse driver, Dialer/2, Easyrecord (PMRecord)  - '''Reason:''' He is looking for the source code.
* [[David DuPre']] - [[PMWeather]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for the source code.
* [[David Thacker]]  - TelnetP - '''Reason:''' He don't have the HDD password to access it.  
* [[David Thacker]]  - TelnetP - '''Reason:''' He don't have the HDD password to access it.  
* [[Ricardo Mayrink]] - [[PMNapster]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for the source code.
* [[Ricardo Mayrink]] - [[PMNapster]] - '''Reason:''' He is looking for the source code.
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* [[Kai Evers]] - ConfigMaint
* [[Kai Evers]] - ConfigMaint
* [[David Forrester]] - [[Battery Widget]], [[SETIView/2]], ...
* [[David Forrester]] - [[Battery Widget]], [[SETIView/2]], ...
* [[RXU]] by [[Dave Boll]]
 
* [[Norbert Heller]] - Albatros Player/2, InfoPM  
* [[Norbert Heller]] - Albatros Player/2, InfoPM  
* [[Viet-Tam Luu]] - Blackbook
* [[Viet-Tam Luu]] - Blackbook
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==Lost Source Code==
==Lost Source Code==
* [[Dennis Caffi]] - Home Automation System/2 - Seems lost. Gave permission to public domain binaries.
* [[Ola Brahammar]] - [[Brahammars Mandelbrot Toy]] - '''Reason:''' Lost floppies.
* [[Ola Brahammar]] - [[Brahammars Mandelbrot Toy]] - '''Reason:''' Lost floppies.
* [[Ernest Christley]] - [[WPSaver]] and Type/2 Typing Tutor - '''Reason:''' Was not able to find source code.  
* [[Ernest Christley]] - [[WPSaver]] and Type/2 Typing Tutor - '''Reason:''' Was not able to find source code.  
* [[Jay Schwartz]] -'''Reason:''' Lost source code.
* [[Lawrence McAlpin]] - DreamWorld Adveture - Source code not found. Given permission to Public Domain binaries.  
* [[Lawrence McAlpin]] - DreamWorld Adveture - Source code not found. Given permission to Public Domain binaries.  
* [[Vincent Greene]] - [[Vicent Greene Screen Saver]] - '''Reason:''' Source code not found. Given permission to Public Domain binaries.  
* [[Vincent Greene]] - [[Vicent Greene Screen Saver]] - '''Reason:''' Source code not found. Given permission to Public Domain binaries.  
* VRExtras Object Pack for VX-REXX and  VRDistributedConnection object By [[Peter Kanis]] - '''Reason:''' Source code lost. He turned his binaries into public domain.  
* 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.  
* [[PM-PStat]] by [[Gerald Callow]]: He no longer has the source code.  
* Freeware and Shareware by [[Dan Holt]]: The source code is lost.  
* Freeware and Shareware by [[Dan Holt]]: The source code is lost.  
* [[Launch Thing]] by [[Gerard J. Piek]]: The source code is lost.  
* [[Launch Thing]] by [[Gerard J. Piek]]: The source code is lost.  
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* 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."
* 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"
* 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.
* [http://www.edm2.com/index.php/DrDialog 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."
* 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.
* icq2, AutoBMP by [[Gene Akins]]  - '''Reason:''' He passed away.
* [[Dialog Enhancer]] by Richard    - '''Reason:''' He passed the Source Code To Serenity
* [[Dialog Enhancer]] by [[Richard Castle]]   - '''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.
* 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.  
* [[Unimaint]], [[Filestar/2]], [[FlexEdit]] by [[Jim Read]] - '''Reason:'''Not ready to open source yet.  

Latest revision as of 21:45, 30 August 2020

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.

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  • Ray Gwinn - Ray Gwinn's SIO 2000 driver
  • Harald Wilhelm - Syslevel Editor / Problem tracker, Class Browser
  • Lutz Wagner - CD Magic, PMRaw, The Backup Demon/2, Text2Img, sqlMate, phpGUI, PMExif, Calydos, ImgMeta by - Reason: Agreed to open some of them as Public Domain.

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 Castle - 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: