pastermil to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 11 个月前Microsoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!github.comexternal-linkmessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1855arrow-down121 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1834arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!github.compastermil to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 11 个月前message-square166fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down9·edit-211 个月前FreeDos is better anyways
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·11 个月前I wonder if this is of any use to them or if they’re already too far ahead.
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up28·11 个月前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.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 个月前Good question lmk if you find the answer. I just use FreeDos to play Chex quest
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 个月前They couldn’t use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistribution
minus-squareexplodiclelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 个月前It says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSE
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEsperantoarrow-up3·11 个月前They changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.
minus-squarespace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 个月前Sure, 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.