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« on: 8 September 2003, 08:56 »
Microsoft is Miclosesource
DOS - Don't Open Source

That's why microsoft and dos is NOT OPEN SOURCE.

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« Reply #1 on: 8 September 2003, 21:00 »

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« Reply #2 on: 8 September 2003, 12:51 »
MS-DOS is not open source, and also it is officially abandonware. However DR-DOS is not, and neither is FreeDOS. both are open source. FreeDOS is released under the GPL, and DR-DOS is released under either a free closed source licence or a paid for restricted open source licence.
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« Reply #3 on: 8 September 2003, 13:59 »
quote:
Originally posted by Calum:
MS-DOS is not open source, and also it is officially abandonware. However DR-DOS is not, and neither is FreeDOS. both are open source. FreeDOS is released under the GPL, and DR-DOS is released under either a free closed source licence or a paid for restricted open source licence.


way too informative for a guy who made a lame-ass attempt at being funny
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« Reply #4 on: 8 September 2003, 20:29 »
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maghor: way too informative for a guy who made a lame-ass attempt at being funny


way too lame for a guy who made a dumb-ass attempt at being a jerk

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« Reply #5 on: 8 September 2003, 22:32 »
and both you are fucking funny...
huh, what?

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« Reply #6 on: 8 September 2003, 23:53 »
Calum, where did you find the source for DRDOS?
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« Reply #7 on: 9 September 2003, 02:34 »
i didn't. i don't have the source for it, however if you visit http://drdos.com/ you will see that DeviceLogics (current owners and vendors of DR-DOS) are officially offering their DOS source code to paying licenced customers.

restricted and will probably be like those horrible AT&T nondisclosure licences, but it's basically halfway between microsoft's shared source farce and real open sourceness.
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« Reply #8 on: 9 September 2003, 04:11 »
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Originally posted by Refalm:


way too lame for a guy who made a dumb-ass attempt at being a jerk



quite an ironic choice of words (-;
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« Reply #9 on: 9 September 2003, 18:06 »
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maghor: (-;[/QB]


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