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   Message 4,077 of 4,255   
   Dan Cross to klee@unibwm.de   
   Re: JPEG options   
   05 Jan 24 13:19:34   
   
   From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Herbert Kleebauer   wrote:   
   >On 01.01.2024 05:15, Paul Edwards wrote:   
   >> So THIS became the reference. So now on PDOS/386   
   >> you can build a graphics executable that works   
   >> on both PDOS/386 and Windows (I use Windows 2000).   
   >>   
   >> pdos.zip at http://pdos.org   
   >   
   >May I ask, why you spend so much time to create   
   >a PD operating system? PD is great for trivial   
   >programs or a quick and dirty hack to show some   
   >principles (like the jpeg decoder), but for bigger,   
   >useful software (like an OS), GPL is much superior.   
   >Everybody has the freedom to enslave PD software,   
   >but GPL software is free for ever, nobody can   
   >enslave it. So, PD software is the extreme opposite   
   >of free software.   
      
   PLEASE don't feed the troll.   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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