MS-DOS has finally been open sourced:
https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS
Pieces of MS-DOS still live in 32-bit Windows 10.
MS-DOS 2.0 released under MIT
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Re: MS-DOS 2.0 released under MIT
Wow, that's kind of cool.
I suppose I shouldn't have been, but I was a little surprised to see that it's mostly (or entirely) asm files.
I don't know how useful it could be for importing any relevant portions into the ReactOS source tree, and I doubt it'll be all that helpful as a technical reference of what DOS does, as asm files don't really tell you much more than disassembling the binaries for yourself, however... there are at least some comments, which could potentially help in understanding what the devs intended in certain parts, so at least that's something.
But still, Microsoft releasing MS DOS under an OSI approved license (and especially one as permissive as the MIT license) is pretty cool in and of itself.
I suppose I shouldn't have been, but I was a little surprised to see that it's mostly (or entirely) asm files.
I don't know how useful it could be for importing any relevant portions into the ReactOS source tree, and I doubt it'll be all that helpful as a technical reference of what DOS does, as asm files don't really tell you much more than disassembling the binaries for yourself, however... there are at least some comments, which could potentially help in understanding what the devs intended in certain parts, so at least that's something.
But still, Microsoft releasing MS DOS under an OSI approved license (and especially one as permissive as the MIT license) is pretty cool in and of itself.
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Re: MS-DOS 2.0 released under MIT
That is a bit old. It didn't start becoming good until 3.1 and mature by 5.x. Then there was a 6.x that I think was hyped, and 7.x that was intrinsic to Windows 9x.
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Re: MS-DOS 2.0 released under MIT
Errr, DOS source was freely available since 2014, just as lil fact
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Re: MS-DOS 2.0 released under MIT
Relicense under MIT happened yesterday.
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Re: MS-DOS 2.0 released under MIT
Didn't MS DOS live until MS DOS 6.1? 2.0 would be a very very old and early DOS. Isn't there an open source freedos?
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Re: MS-DOS 2.0 released under MIT
As a standalone product, yes. But I think Windows 95-ME had a DOS 7.1 packaged with it. The 6.1 or whatever was the last you could purchase by itself.
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Re: MS-DOS 2.0 released under MIT
Yeah, but it's now more available, being on GitHub.
Yeah, it's been available since 2014, but not truly open source. Now it's MIT licensed, so if there would be any benefit to using it directly, ReactOS legally can now.
IIRC, it was available as a standalone product till 6.22, Win95 was built on 7.0, and later updated to 7.10, which Win98 was built on, then WinME had DOS 8.0 which tried so hard to be NT, but ... we all know how well Windows ME did.PurpleGurl wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:12 amAs a standalone product, yes. But I think Windows 95-ME had a DOS 7.1 packaged with it. The 6.1 or whatever was the last you could purchase by itself.
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