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In article <825643716snx@holly.demon.co.uk>
           mcr@holly.demon.co.uk "Mark Rogers" writes:

>Doesn't Borland do a DOS extender with no loyalty payments required? I
>know they do for their pascal compiler, and I thought that they also
>released an add-on pack for BC++ with similar usage restrictions.

Yes it does.  The RTL and extender binaries can be freely distributed.
However, the Borland header files and libraries can't be distributed, so
anyone wanting to build it themselves would need to buy the PowerPack.
That's no different from having to get (for instance) the GCC package.

Incidentally, things compiled with GCC are freely distributable.  They
just can't be combined with commercial products because they insist that
the source is freely available.  That's the case anyway with KA9Q and
derivatives...

>It is certain, imho, that for KA9Q to exist for more than a few more
>years a protected mode version will be required. The scope for improving
>KA9Q is now so limited (due to memory restrictions) that many people will
>give up on it. It would be a shame if/when this happens, as KA9Q has
>served us all well.

Even more of a shame for those of us still using it...

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