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Well, personally I am happy with it if the initial submitter is kept as the same. Of course. It's still the same app, just an updated version with more functionality. I believe XMPlay didn't originally have a library, so this didn't use to be an issue (though you'd still lose your default playlist ...

XMPlay is in the database here at PFC, but it's not really a portable app. The library (arguably one of the biggest features) and the default playlist break as you move PCs since they both used full paths and the drive letters change. This greatly reduces the functionality of XMPlay. We just release...

This is an important issue because I welcome users who take the time and trouble to write a PortableFreeware entry here on the site and I'd prefer not to requiring them to write it a specific way unless there's a clear reason. Don't forget that this isn't a common occurrence. Most listings will jus...

But I hope everyone understands that it wasn't intentional with the wrong classification of the ArcThemALL! license. The easy thing seems to be writing the code! :) It's what comes after that is the difficult part. Of course. Honestly, it took me quite a while and chatting with both lawyers and oth...

The problem with "Freeware with open source components" is that it doesn't do justice for the application. Google Chrome Portable is a perfect example: IMHO, Google Chrome Portable should be called "Open source with freeware components" because it is mostly open source. The perc...

Why exactly do you disagree with webfork? The current content of the license field of the Universal Extractor entry is perfectly accurate ("Main program: GPL, Included libraries: various"). What advantages "Freeware with open source components" would have? (I was planning to ans...

While we are at it... Can Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition be called open source? One can't legally edit it and redistribute the edited copy after that.[*] The restriction directly defeats one of the objectives of free software . ("None of the users can adapt or fix the program.") [*] Th...

Edit : I may have found an example of what I'm describing: PortableApps Chrome is listed as BSD-licensed with a GPL launcher . Wikipedia however lists some components as proprietary due to integration with Adobe Flash. Assuming this is correct, how should we describe Portable Chrome's license when ...

License: Freeware with open source components I recommend following the long-standing convention set by Universal Extractor and many other programs here on the site. List whatever the main program is, then make a note about open and closed internals. For example, "Main program: GPL, Components...

You could keep it as-is and just call it Freeware with mostly open source components, too. It's not a huge deal if your tool isn't 100% open source, it's just important to be fully upfront about it. If you don't care about MPRESS much, you could leave it as an advanced option where if the user downl...

MiDoJo wrote:John, currently the shortcut on desktop is enabled by default. Can you either turn off by default or completely disable. THX

Hmm? I don't see it creating a desktop shortcut on any of my boxes or VMs in testing.

The situation is a bit different from uTorrent Portable, that is a launcher package that download a freeware app during installation and without that app it doesn't work at all. I think at the moment we can classify ArcThemALL! as Open Source with freeware components and in next release I'll create...

I think it can be considered Open Source GPL and not Freeware with Open Source components , because the distributed package is fully open source and under GPL.. the only closed source component is external and separately downloaded if the user desire it.. is not correct? As it's one of the main adv...

guinness wrote:MPRESS isn't located on SourceForge, its downloaded from another source.

Ah quite right. I'd missed that. In that case, hosting on SF is fine. Sorry for the confusion. It still stands that if you select MPRESS, the package isn't open source anymore, though.

As MPRESS is a non-operating system closed source component, you'll either need to host it somewhere other than SourceForge or remove MPRESS. SourceForge is for open source software only. Including MPRESS makes this app a freeware app (overall license due to MPRESS) with open source components.