I think the software NAZI's rarely bother with dos, not worth the effort anymore. I think if you own copies of the original cd's it gives you some right to make copies of contained software - reasonable use rule I think. I own a lot of copies of 95,98 & me and zillions of copies have been destroyed over the years so there lots of unused licenes out there..
DS On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:07:24 -0500 Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> writes: > Guys, you absolutely can't be this stubborn or naive. I'm not trying > to be > a hardass here, but you have to avoid mistakes like this, or it'll > cost ya. > > U.S. copyright law does not give us the "right" to "copy" things at > will, > esp. not commercial, proprietary software from one of the biggest > companies > in the world. (For pete's sake, they have 128,000+ employees, and > probably > more than enough lawyers with nothing better to do than harass > people like > us.) > > I know it's a drag, but just because software is "old" (even > decades) or > even no longer sold does not mean that it's "abandonware" or that > you can > do whatever you want with it, even for non-commercial private > personal use. > "Feel free to keep/share" doesn't apply at all, at least not in the > U.S. > And "original author" almost certainly didn't mean "Microsoft > Corporation", > so nobody else can give permission. (I'm not aware of many, if any, > exceptions to this, certainly not for end users.) > > Please, don't share such links, esp. not on a FreeDOS mailing list. > For > pete's sake, FreeDOS is twenty years old, explicitly to "replace" > MS-DOS > (from scratch!) because Microsoft was giving up on it (as standalone > product). FreeDOS should be plenty good enough for "most" uses, and > it is > free/libre in all senses of the word (or as close as possible, for > now). > > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html > > " > A program is free software if the program's users have the four > essential > freedoms: > * The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose > (freedom 0). > * The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it > does your > computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a > precondition for this. > * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor > (freedom > 2). > * The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to > others > (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance > to > benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a > precondition for > this. > " > > There's nothing inherently illegal about buying or using old > software. But > you normally cannot override the original copyright holder without > permission. > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Corbin Davenport > <davenportcor...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I'm afraid not (it's a rather hefty 11MB), but I did upload it to > my > Google Drive as a public file. Feel free to keep/share the file, the > original author's site went down a long time ago and I had it saved > on a > flash drive for some reason. > > > > [Fixed] Link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx > > > > The installation script is rather interesting, as it uses a > combination > of a batch script executables to make something that looks a lot > like the > old Windows install program. I re-used parts of it as the > installation for > my FreeDOS distro Carbon OS! > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Dale E Sterner > <sunbeam...@juno.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Is the iso file small enough to email? > >> > >> DS > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:41:12 -0400 Corbin Davenport > >> <davenportcor...@gmail.com> writes: > >> > It's possible to use MS-DOS 7.1 standalone by creating a backup > disk > >> > using > >> > Windows 98, I believe (Windows 95 was 7.0, and ME was 8.0). If > >> > anyone's > >> > interested, I have an MS-DOS 7.1 ISO with an installation > script > >> > that > >> > someone uploaded years ago to some abandonware site that is no > >> > longer live. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Dale E Sterner > >> > <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > Where did you get ms dos 7.1 as a stand alone package without > >> > Windows? > >> > > I use PC dos 7.1 alone but have never seen a MS version. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > DS ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ Old School Yearbook Pics View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Search by School & Year. Look Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/551abe725e4013e72127est01duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
