Microsoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Open Source@lemmy.ml – 819 points – 2 months agogithub.com159Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsFreeDos is better anywaysI 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 questThey couldn't use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistributionIt says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSEThey changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.Neat!Sure, but it's still really interesting from a historic point of view.
FreeDos is better anywaysI 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 questThey couldn't use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistributionIt says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSEThey changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.Neat!Sure, but it's still really interesting from a historic point of view.
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 questThey couldn't use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistributionIt says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSEThey changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.Neat!
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.
They couldn't use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistributionIt says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSEThey changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.Neat!
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
It says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSE
They changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.
Neat!
Sure, but it's still really interesting from a historic point of view.