@pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Open Source@lemmy.ml • 2 months agoMicrosoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!github.comexternal-linkmessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up1847arrow-down122 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.fooopensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1825arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!github.com@pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Open Source@lemmy.ml • 2 months agomessage-square164fedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.fooopensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squareBjörn Tantaulinkfedilink18•2 months agoI wonder if this is of any use to them or if they’re already too far ahead.
minus-square@schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink29•2 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-square@blindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoGood question lmk if you find the answer. I just use FreeDos to play Chex quest
minus-square@psud@aussie.zonelinkfedilink0•2 months agoThey couldn’t use it. MS DOS is released under a licence that restricts redistribution
minus-square@explodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoIt says here you can modify and distribute: https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/LICENSE
minus-squareBjörn TantaulinkfedilinkEsperanto3•2 months agoThey changed it to MIT. You can basically do what you want with it.
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!