Where could I find the latest version of RandMax / RandGen?

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Hi, I'm using an old version of RM/RG, i found it by quickly googling the
web but I'd need the latest version because this one is miscalculating some
natives tax / max growing. Thanks for your help.

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* Dacian Hantig <dacianhantig@rdslink.ro> wrote:

> Are you interested in the modified version of the Randgen?

Yes.

> ... I don't know if it's "ok" to publish the modified version of
> Rangen ... Can someone answer this?

It depends on Randgen's license. Is it free software?

Regards, Heiko

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Dacian Hantig wrote:

>
> I asked because I did not find any licence within the files from internet
> I'm not good with author rights, but I assume this "means" freeware. If
> someone disagree, please tell me

Quite the contrary IMHO.

No license is as far as I understand it one of the most unfree licenses,
because the author's rights by law are that (s)he has the full rights to
her/his codes, even if the source is publically available. If the author
does not give explicit permission to use/modify/redistribute the code
you are basically stealing her/his code.

But, I'm not a lawyer at all.

Bad luck right now I suppose

Carsten

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Carsten Aulbert wrote:

>Quite the contrary IMHO.
>No license is as far as I understand it one of the most unfree licenses
I agree. But the docs state freeware. Anyway, you can safely break a law
if there's no risk of anyone sueing you. In this case it would be rather
jolly if the Randgen author comes around and sues Dacian.

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Heiko Schlenker wrote:

>
> It depends on Randgen's license. Is it free software?

Just browsed agv(p) a bit, according to
<Pine.SUN.3.95.980521194824.26069A-100000@cip65> from 1998 the code was
(once) distributed to the auther of that article under the GPL. Maybe
someonw still knows this guy (or hist email address).

HTH CA

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* Dacian Hantig <dacianhantig@rdslink.ro> wrote:

> I asked because I did not find any licence within the files from
> internet

Then you have to ask the author for permission. Maybe he is so kind
to change the license.

> I'm not good with author rights, but I assume this "means" freeware.

"Freeware" doesn't mean that you are allowed to distribute a modified
version of the program.

Regards, Heiko

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* Akseli Mäki <newsgroups@akseli-yok.utu.fi> wrote:

> Heiko Schlenker wrote:
>>It depends on Randgen's license. Is it free software?
> I think it is. The docs state:
> "RANDGEN is freeware.

freeware != free software

| ``Free software'' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand
| the concept, you should think of ``free speech'', not ``free beer.''
-- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

See also:
news:slrnc84qci.313.hschlen@humbert.ddns.org
<slrnc84qci.313.hschlen@humbert.ddns.org>

> You may upload it to any bbs or distribute it on the internet as
> long as it serves no commercial purpose."

So, the author didn't say that it is allowed to distribute a
modified version.

Regards, Heiko

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> >> Are you interested in the modified version of the Randgen?
> I would like to get a copy too. Just send it here. Have you documentated
> the changes, in source or external file?

I just changed the code (some routines were with many rounding errors). I
didn't comment a lot, but I included all the new features to the doc file
that accompanies the randgen.exe file. I also tested it for over 6-7 months
now in 3 games and many of my local simulations.
You can be sure I'll send a copy to you, as soon as this dispute regarding
freeware is settled.

> What version did you start with? I have version 1.3 but no source. I
> seem to recall I had once an earlier version with source.

I started with the latest I could get from Internet : RANDGEN V1.2a 7/31/95

> As for Randmax, I'm fairly sure the author gave the sources to the
> author of randmax++.

As I understood from Steffen (randmax@neffets.in-berlin.de) Randmax was not
further developed. When I tried to get the right to revive it I got no
response at all. Damn!

> What email address did you try? I think either neffets@cs.tu-berlin.de
> or neffets@neffets.de should work. Both can be found from a page last
> updated in August 03.

I'm not sure but one of them is not working (I don't remember which).

> >> ... I don't know if it's "ok" to publish the modified version of
> >> Rangen ... Can someone answer this?
> >It depends on Randgen's license. Is it free software?
> I think it is. The docs state:
> "RANDGEN is freeware. You may upload it to any bbs or distribute it on
> the internet as long as it serves no commercial purpose."
> After all, if the author gave away the sources, surely it means that
> anyone can further improve it and give the results for others.

Now with all this arguing I'm not quite sure of this. I don't want to be a
pirate ...

Greetings,
Dacian

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> I'm very much interested in a modified version.

You'll get one as soon as this dispute is settled

> I guess it's ok to publish modified versions as they released the
> source code for people to adjust.

I assumed the same, but I guess not all do agree with us ... I'm not good
into software rights, but I sure want to learn from the others

Dacian

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Heiko Schlenker wrote:

>
> Nope. "Freeware" means that you are allowed to use the program
> without charge. It doesn't mean that you are allowed to distribute a
> modified version.

Correct, sorry for distributing nonsense.

Carsten

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Heiko Schlenker <hschlen@gmx.de> wrote:
> * Dacian Hantig <dacianhantig@rdslink.ro> wrote:
>> I asked because I did not find any licence within the files from
>> internet

> Then you have to ask the author for permission. Maybe he is so kind
> to change the license.

That's the safest way.

>> I'm not good with author rights, but I assume this "means" freeware.

> "Freeware" doesn't mean that you are allowed to distribute a modified
> version of the program.

I don't know of a legal definition of the term "freeware". Sun
distributes readily-packaged ports of GNU software for Solaris
as "Sun Freeware". A decade ago, "freeware[tm]" was a trademark
for a distribution concept now known as "shareware". People
grown up in a GNU world might think of "freeware" as a shorter
term for "free software" (free as in free speech).

So all that remains is common sense. If I find a program on a
website without any legal strings attached, I assume this to
mean at least that I'm allowed to use the program. If source is
included, I assume this also means I'm allowed to modify it.

I am *not* allowed to redistribute it by default, neither the
original nor the modified version. But I am allowed to
distribute my patch (e.g. a GNU uni-diff file).

Compare this to radio / TV: everyone's allowed to watch (=use)
the unencrypted channels. If the station didn't want you to do
that, they would encrypt it. But you are not allowed to record
their transmissions and broadcast (=redistribute) them on your
own channel.


Stefan

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Heiko Schlenker wrote:

>Nope. "Freeware" means that you are allowed to use the program
>without charge. It doesn't mean that you are allowed to distribute a
>modified version.
Is that legal fact? That is, does German law define the meaning of
freeware? I think this is rather grey issue. But still, as long as there
is very little chance of being sued..

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* Dacian Hantig <dacianhantig@rdslink.ro> wrote:

> I don't know how to get to these links ... Can someone explain to me?

http://groups.google.com/groups?se [...] 0000@cip65

Regards, Heiko

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Hello

> Just tell me what exactly everyone is looking for in the way of the
> randgen program and I will add it to econtrol. Finally got fed tax
> working properly now I need to create the INI file. It isn't very
> hard to build a taxing and building program from scratch.

Do you want to "find out" all the small details?
I assure you they are MANY


--
Dacian Hantig
dacianhantig(at)rdslink.ro

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Heiko Schlenker wrote:
> * Akseli Mäki <newsgroups@akseli-yok.utu.fi> wrote:
> [freeware]
>>Heiko Schlenker wrote:
>>>It doesn't mean that you are allowed to distribute a
> ^^^^^^^^^^
>>>modified version.
>>
>>Is that legal fact?
>
> Yep. Stefan has written some detailed comments about this issue
> (news:1082297175.irz750@stefan.msgid.phost.de).

Beware, I am not a lawyer. But I read some law newsgroups


Stefan

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Hello,

"Thomas Voigt" <tv_spambox@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:c68tj6$h0g$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE...
> Dacian Hantig wrote:
> > I, myself, tried to get in touch with the author(s), but I failed.
> I'm still reading this group - although very, very infrequently :-)
>
> > ... I don't know if it's "ok" to publish the modified version of Rangen
....
> I should have added a Gnu GPL to the randgen package. Yep, it's OK under
> the conditions stated at <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.
>
> Thomas

That's quite a lecture. Englis is not my mother language, however I
understood many of the terms (or I think I did it). But, I think that the
first of the modified version I will ship to you (to get your aprooval).
What do you say? Is this ok for you?

Dacian

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>
>>That's quite a lecture. Englis is not my mother language,
>
>
> Translation:
> http://www.gnu.de/gpl-ger.html
> http://www.copyleft.de/gpl-ger.html

Too bad that Dacian is from Romania...

Matthias

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"Matthias Gietl" <only_for_usenet@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:c69mmj$9p5n7$1@ID-150006.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> >
> >>That's quite a lecture. Englis is not my mother language,
> >
> >
> > Translation:
> > http://www.gnu.de/gpl-ger.html
> > http://www.copyleft.de/gpl-ger.html
>
> Too bad that Dacian is from Romania...
>
> Matthias

I saw the link (there is one in Romanian) to the translation myself, but it
was AFTER I read it all in English. I'll read it again in Romanian, but I
don't have much time, so it will have to wait a while.

In the week-end I'll try to prepare a version and I'll deliver it to Thomas.
After I'll get his approval, I'll sent it to you guys

Dacian

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Dacian Hantig wrote:
> That's quite a lecture. Englis is not my mother language, however I
> understood many of the terms (or I think I did it). But, I think that the
> first of the modified version I will ship to you (to get your aprooval).
That's not necessary :-)
But you can send me a copy anyway just to satisfy my curiosity what kind
of changes were made.

tv