On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Rugxulo wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 2:24 PM Steve Nickolas <usots...@buric.co wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Rugxulo wrote:
However, AFAIK, "OpenDOS" (kernel and shell only) is "sources
available, non-commercial only". So not exactly free/libre, but at
least it's not illegal. That's what EDR-DOS is based upon. Those are
still available via WayBack (Web Archive). Maybe you already know
this, but I'm just chiming in for completeness.
I'm treating it as "license withdrawn and now equivalent to leaked".
Uh, why? I don't think you can withdraw a valid license unless there was
some mistake or mischief in releasing it in the first place.
1. The company that released it no longer has the rights, which they split
off to a separate company which then sold out to at least two other
companies, and the original program was withdrawn.
2. The current rights holders don't seem to support the idea of it being
open.
3. I'd rather not deal with maybes or kindasortas. It's either open or
it's not and it was never truly open (otherwise it could have dissolved
into FreeDOS like ViewMAX, the DR DOS shell, did).
-uso.
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