<Do you really think MS will *care*?
No I don't think MS will care, but that is not the issue. The reputation of
the FreeDOS Project is on the line and all who use FreeDOS should care
about that.
While I would hate to lose any existing driver in the FreeDOS repos, the
loss is nothing compared to the possible loss of credibilty sustained by
the FreeDOS Project should this kind of circumstance be ignored.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 8:13 PM, dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote:
> > I am concerned by this statement from Jack's email: "Take a look at
> > the sources for Microsoft HIMEM or EMM386, as I have…" This is the
> > first I was aware that Jack had reviewed any source code from
> > Microsoft.
> >
> > If someone has studied the MS-DOS source code, that person should not
> > contribute code to any parts of FreeDOS that intend to replace MS-DOS
> > functionality.
>
> Do you really think MS will *care*? Outfits like that care in direct
> proportion to the amount of money that might be involved. If they
> thought there was still money in MS-DOS, they never would have
> released the source Jack claims to have looked at. Going after
> something like FreeDOS would take far more time and expense than it
> would conceivably be worth, and I can't see them bothering. What
> would be in it for them?
>
> It's your project and your call, but I think you're borrowing trouble.
> ______
> Dennis
>
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