pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoMicrosoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!github.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down110 cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansopensource@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down8·edit-27 months agoFreeDos is better anyways
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 months agoI wonder if this is of any use to them or if they’re already too far ahead.
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up21·7 months agoTo my knowledge, FreeDOS has been a fairly complete implementation of DOS for a very long time, so this is probably not useful to them.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoGood question lmk if you find the answer. I just use FreeDos to play Chex quest
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThey couldn’t use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistribution
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEsperantoarrow-up1·7 months agoThey changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSE
FreeDos is better anyways
I wonder if this is of any use to them or if they’re already too far ahead.
To my knowledge, FreeDOS has been a fairly complete implementation of DOS for a very long time, so this is probably not useful to them.
Good question lmk if you find the answer. I just use FreeDos to play Chex quest
They couldn’t use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistribution
They changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.
It says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSE