tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) (10/26/90)
Clipper users out there may be interested to know that Tom Rettig has released the current, and apparently final, version of his add-on library (version 1.20) into the Public Domain. He is distributing a .ZIP file of it to BBS's around the country. This text is provided: "TRL4CL.ZIP is the same award-winning software that sold thousands of copies at $99.95. In 1986, this was the first third-party library developed for Clipper, FoxBASE+ and dBASE III PLUS. All rights were released into the Public Domain by Tom Rettig Associates on October 22, 1990. Works with both Clipper 5.0 and Summer '87, and includes complete source code." [ mostly C, some .ASM ] In an era of increasing of increasing software litigation and protectiveness, this is interesting. Tom Rombouts Torrance Techie tomr@ashtate.A-T.com V:(213)538-7108 .
mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) (11/01/90)
tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) writes: >"TRL4CL.ZIP is the same award-winning software that sold thousands >of copies at $99.95. In 1986, this was the first third-party library >developed for Clipper, FoxBASE+ and dBASE III PLUS. All rights were >released into the Public Domain by Tom Rettig Associates on October >22, 1990. Works with both Clipper 5.0 and Summer '87, and includes >complete source code." [ mostly C, some .ASM ] Has anyone verified this firsthand? MD -- -- Michael P. Deignan / Introducing... -- Domain: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com / MommyCalc: A Spreadsheet so -- UUCP: ...!uunet!rayssd!anomaly!mpd / simple, even a woman can learn -- Telebit: +1 401 455 0347 / how to use it....
sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) (11/03/90)
In article <4142@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: >tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) writes: > >>"TRL4CL.ZIP is the same award-winning software that sold thousands >>of copies at $99.95. In 1986, this was the first third-party library >>developed for Clipper, FoxBASE+ and dBASE III PLUS. All rights were >>released into the Public Domain by Tom Rettig Associates on October >>22, 1990. Works with both Clipper 5.0 and Summer '87, and includes >>complete source code." [ mostly C, some .ASM ] > >Has anyone verified this firsthand? > >MD Also, does anyone know the relationship, if any, between this library and the program, FREEBASE, a Free database application available from SIMTEL? FREEBASE is a database program with which Tom Rettig also is/was associated. One other question: Is there a way to CREATE a database with FREEBASE. I could not find a way to do so. Thanks. ______________________________________________________________________________ Bob Davis, UofALA'66 \\ INTERNET : sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com | _ _ | Harris Corporation, ESS \\ UUCP : ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!sonny |_| |_| | | Advanced Technology Dept.\\ AETHER : K4VNO |==============|_/\/\/\|_| PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 \\ VOICE : (407) 727-5886 | I SPEAK ONLY | |_| |_| | Melbourne, FL 32902 \\ FAX : (407) 729-2537 | FOR MYSELF. |_________|
tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) (11/06/90)
In article <4142@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: >tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) writes: > >>"TRL4CL.ZIP is the same award-winning software that sold thousands >>of copies at $99.95. [deletion] All rights were >>released into the Public Domain by Tom Rettig Associates on October >>22, 1990. [deletion] > >Has anyone verified this firsthand? Tom Rettig _himself_ handed me a diskette containing TRL4CL.ZIP and a short explanatory text file at the October meeting of the Los Angeles Clipper Users Group. Since he works almost exclusively with FoxPro these days, he said he can no longer afford to update or support the library in a reasonable manner. He decided to donate it to the Public Domain so that his efforts would not be lost. (BTW, his library _always_ included full source code, something that is still rare to this day in the world of Clipper add-on products.) If other netters still remain skeptical, Tom Rettig's office number in the Marina del Rey area of Los Angeles is (213) 272-3784. Tom Rombouts Torrance Techie tomr@ashtate.A-T.com V:(213) 538-7108