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I have downloaded the source of the FRACTINT package, a fractal generator that allows compiling the same source to run under MS-DOS, 16-bit Windows, and 32-bit X-Windows.
The writers, a group of otherwise unconnected programmers called the 'Stone Soup Programmers', have long since disbanded, and I cannot find any link to them. (They used to communicate via Compusrve (!)) They do, however, say in the program's about box that non-commercial distribution by BBS operators is encouraged.
I have performed a substantial amount of work to get the code to compile in 16-, 32-, and 64-bit Windows, removing a lot of the cruft that collected over the years.
Under the circumstances, would an article describing this (including the modified source code) be acceptable?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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If my vote has any value for you... I think yes and would personally like to read it.
As long as there are not possible licences / plagiarism issues... I can't see why it would not be acceptable.
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This would make an awesome article indeed.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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I've started working on it...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Thanks for the report. Currently we have an error where I can't change Articles back into Technical Blog entries. Once that is fixed I will do so.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Sean Ewington wrote: Once that is fixed I will do so.
The list is going to be big  
M.D.V. 
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I have published this blog 12 days back, but yesterday got a mail saying - " Unfortunately, due to abuse, we have been forced to reconsider our policies on all third party submissions and your article has been removed." . Also there is a list saying if those are followed, then it can be republished. So I changed the blog category to third party tools, I am waiting for it to get published, but still no success. My point is, it is posted in an intent to help somebody (not in adv. intent). Let me know when this will be published under that category.
Also, I did not get the reason for abuse or deletion. If you can mention that, I will be consider those next time while posting.
modified 12-Sep-19 2:08am.
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Sadly because your blog entry has links and requires Travis CI (which has a paid version) we cannot host the article. If you made a post indicating a problem setting up Travis CI that you worked around, then you can post the article.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Travis has both plans for paid and free ( to run CI for open source projects). I have used travi-ci.org which is for free or open source project. The tutorial does not need any travis subscription to setup or run. If you see the screenshot, it points to travis-ci.org. Sorry for the confusion, please guide me , what changes I can do to keep this blog up.
Please visit travis-ci.org for more info. Usually I have seen many open source projects uses travis-ci, you can notice the build-passing image in their readme page. This will definitely help them on setting up integration test and coverage which I mentioned in the blog.
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But it does have a paid version, which means your article is connected (no matter how tenuously) to a paid version.
I'm sure you're just here to help. It's not just a matter of not accepting your article that uses a free version, it's also a matter of making sure that future, less scrupulous authors (who are really only there to promote the paid version of their product) can't point to your article and say, "well this article is allowed, why isn't mine?"
It's not fair, but, there are too many people who would take advantage of the situation so it has to be this way.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Does it makes sense if I remove Travis and use any other free CI tool (say Jenkins) and demonstrates the same thing(I mean the original idea of blog will remain the same) and republish the same blog, will it gets accepted/ published? If yes, I will work on this and submit again.
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Yes that would be acceptable.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Thanks for helping me out, I will get it by 1-2 days, please help in case of further issues, I don't want my effort go useless.
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I recommendo you to read: CodeProject Plagiarism FAQ[^]
(Just in case)
M.D.V.
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Hey Sean, hope you are doing well. As promised, I have updated my content to point to jenkins (Java integration test with dockerized DB in jenkins[^]. This has most of thing mentioned in original article, but did some customisation to match with existing content. Please let me know, how I can request to un-delete it , so that it can be reviewed and if suitable, will be published.
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Good catch. I have removed all the links and made sure they were blog entries.
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Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Thank you
M.D.V.
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Advent Of Code – Matchsticks – Puzzle 8[^]
snippet's tags not compatible
M.D.V.
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Fixed 
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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I am aware that off-site driving is not allowed on CodeProject, but does CodeProject allow an ethical amount of site drive for some senior authors?
Check this blog under moderation for example, Ten Things a Junior DBA Should Learn, and let me know how to react in moderation.
I have read several articles by the author, and he has amazing library.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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It's the nature of allowing anyone to post their blog entries. You very often find this blog author where, most of their stuff is fine, but occasionally you get a very link-heavy post. Which is fine for their blog, it's what you're supposed to do. And a lot of these authors just just share all their blog entries with CodeProject. Historically, they don't have the desire to go in and manually remove the links on their blog entries. And the majority of their content isn't bad enough to remove them entirely.
Please just report individual entries to me (sean@codeproject.com or you can use the report tool) and I'll go in and take a look and either manually remove links, or remove the post entirely.
Just as aside to anyone who sees this, just because you find ONE article that is bad by an author, doesn't mean you need to blindly report all EIGHTY of an author's works. Yea, they should be checked out, but please for the love of God, if you're going to report it, take a quick look to see if it's bad BEFORE you report it.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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I recommend you to pinpost this message in the S&A and here
M.D.V.
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Yep, that sounds fair enough.
Strangely enough, I didn't get a notification for your reply, just checked the recent reply and found this answer too. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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