@pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Open Source@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoMicrosoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!github.comexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1855arrow-down121 cross-posted to: technews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.fooopensource@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareBjörn Tantaulinkfedilink18•1 year agoI wonder if this is of any use to them or if they’re already too far ahead.
minus-square@schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink29•1 year 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-square@blindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoGood question lmk if you find the answer. I just use FreeDos to play Chex quest
minus-square@psud@aussie.zonelinkfedilink0•1 year agoThey couldn’t use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistribution
minus-square@explodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoIt says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSE
minus-squareBjörn TantaulinkfedilinkEsperanto3•1 year agoThey changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.
minus-square@space@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink3•1 year 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.