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Open Watcom Pre-Release Now Available

Posted by timothy on from the watcom-bagels dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I hadn't looked at it for a while, but it seems that the best compiler of the DOS ages has finally reached a pre-release version. openwatcom.com has finally released some source code. Now it'll be interesting to see how the Watcom compiler fares when compared to gcc/g++ on linux platforms. Hopefully both projects will also be able to benefit from one another."

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  1. License OK by Euphonious+Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I read the license, and it looks (from a cursory reading) very good. Some of the language maybe ought to be slurped into the GPL, in fact, particularly the severability bits.

    An interesting paragraph reads:

    12.1 Termination. This License and the rights granted hereunder will terminate: ... (c) automatically without notice if You, at any time during the term of this License, commence an action for patent infringement (including as a cross claim or counterclaim) against Sybase or any Contributor.
    So, contribute to a released version and get free patent licenses from anybody who uses it, or they have to stop using it. If this were added to the GPL it would mean more.