Hello, As Jim pointed out, the problem is about copyright of all these oldish DOS applications. Such site as you describe *could* exist, but it should be limited to a list of software (possibly categorized and subcategorized) + one or two screeshots of the application + a description of what the program/application/game do. The program itself would not be allowed to be stored (and distributed!) on such site, maybe only in its shareware version (if such version exists). An alternative would be to distribute not the application/program itself, but just a small *.torrent file... ;) Still, such website would require some work to be put together, and continuous maintenance. I doubt any FreeDOS fan have enough time to manage such project :)
Mateusz On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:15:11 +0200, Alex <alxm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have an idea which may prove fruitful for many FreeDOS users: > creating a catch-all shared pool of old (or even new) DOS programs. > > I know, there are already websites with legacy software collections, > but what I have in mind would be something better, and more organized, > and above all managed by FreeDOS users. > > Many of us probably have our 'private collections' of DOS software. My > proposal is that we contribute our old programs, possibly with a > one-line (or more) description for each program, and that we neatly > arrange the software into categories and sub-categories. Then, for > each category, we hand-pick the best programs, those that may still > serve some practical purpose today. > > I have noticed that the Software List section on the FreeDOS website > is rather limited, considering the huge amount of DOS program that are > in circulation. But I guess that is because of a deliberate choice. > > My proposal is: either to expand the Software List area, or we create > a separate, more extensive repository to host all our programs. > > Would the FreeDOS website be willing to host such a repository? That > would be the optimal solution. The only stumbling block that comes to > my mind is copyright laws. I believe that most old non-free DOS > programs are technically still under copyright, and in the worst case > scenario we may have to store our repository somewhere else. In that > case, what alternatives do you suggest? > > Please share your thoughts on this proposal. > > Alex > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
