I have asked this to gpsoft, the owner of Directory Opus Magellan II:

The other question is, would it be
possible to open the source (f.e. for using it in Aros) and how much would you want to have for it? I would ask to make a bounty for it, perhaps there is enough interest.

And the answer was:
For the source, we would want something like A$5-10K.

What do you think? Should we make a bounty?

I think it's too much for us Amigans.
Maybe in a few years...

@Olaf

I don't understand, I thought there was already a company that managed to get source access in order to port it to AOS4 (wasn't it GuruMeditation.se?).
In all cases I think the biggest problem would be to find a developer to work on the port, and if you know someone, maybe he could try to contact the aforementioned company...

they have lost the license years ago...

I have this ok by email and forworded the correspondence to power2people. I have not a signed written contract because I do trust GPSoft and who will do the lawsuit in australia even if there is one.

"

Ok.


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Regards, Dr Greg Perry
GPSoftware, PO Box 570, Ashgrove, Qld Australia 4060 Ph/fax +617 33661402
Email: greg@gpsoft.com.au web: www.gpsoft.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olaf Schönweiß [mailto:olaf.schoenweiss@innovatronic.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2012 7:06 PM
> To: Dr Greg Perry
> Subject: Re: Natami and GPFax (Last)
>
> I have merged both emails
>
> Last version that I will send tomorrow to power2people:
>
> Open the source of Directory Opus Magellan II (5.82) 68k
>
> Source-code purchase of GPSoftware's Directory Opus Magellan II (5.82)
> for free use under APL. The Name "Directory Opus Magellan", a trademark
> of GPSoftware, can be used on Amiga (real hardware or emulated, Amiga
> here is 68k, Aros (all flavors including hosted), MorphOS, AmigaOS)
> without further permission. Use of the source is limited by the APL
> Licences agreement and use of trademarks on other OS's is strictly
> prohibited except where a separate licence has been negotiated.
> Bounty will be paid, then the source will be released and available on
> public SVN page, so developers from all the camps can works on it
>
>
> Bounty goal: 5200$ (plus Paypal)
>
> please short "ok". the only change was that I put the text from this
> email in the text.
>
"

@all

We already collect 2800$ (from the necessary 5600). What mean that we already collect 50%. But to speedup everything, we will try to ask GPSoft to open the sources just for 3000, and not for 5000 as was in the deal (worth of try). So, we just need 200-300 more (3000 + cover pp fees) and we will try to contact with them again about. Maybe we will lucky enough.

Bounty placed here

bUmP!