pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Open Source · 8 months agoMicrosoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!github.comexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1856arrow-down121 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.fooopensource
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minus-squareblindbunnylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73arrow-down9·edit-28 months agoFreeDos is better anyways
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·8 months agoI wonder if this is of any use to them or if they’re already too far ahead.
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up29·8 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-squareblindbunnylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoGood question lmk if you find the answer. I just use FreeDos to play Chex quest
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoThey couldn’t use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistribution
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoIt says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSE
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEsperantoarrow-up3·8 months agoThey changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.
minus-squarespace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoSure, but it’s still really interesting from a historic point of view.
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.