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2014-03-26 01:46 »

Download MS DOS Versions 1.1 and 2.0 source code:

http://www.computerhistory.org/ms-dos-e ... agreement/

Word for Windows 1.1a source code:

http://www.computerhistory.org/_static/ ... agreement/

Both are under the "MICROSOFT RESEARCH LICENSE AGREEMENT":

These license terms are an agreement between Microsoft Corporation and you. Please read them. They apply to the software named above, which includes the media on which you received it, if any.
By using the software, you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the software.
If you comply with these license terms, you have the rights below.

1. SOFTWARE USE RIGHTS.

You may use, copy, compile, and create Derivative Works of the software, and run the software and Derivative Works on simulators or hardware solely for non-commercial research, experimentation, and educational purposes. Examples of non-commercial uses are teaching, academic research, public demonstrations, and personal experimentation. "Derivative Works" means modifications to the software, in source code or object code form, made by you pursuant to this agreement.
You may copy and refer to any documentation provided as part of the software.
You may not distribute or publish the software or Derivative Works.
You may not use or test the software to provide a commercial service unless Microsoft permits you to do so under another agreement.
You may publish and present papers or articles on the results of your research, and while distribution of all or substantial portions of the software is not permitted, you may include in any such publication or presentation an excerpt of up to fifty (50) lines of code for illustration purposes.



2. TERM. This agreement will continue indefinitely unless terminated as provided herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Microsoft may, in its sole discretion, terminate this agreement without cause upon thirty (30) days written notice. Upon termination, the licenses granted to you in this agreement will terminate as well.

3. SCOPE OF LICENSE. The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the software, and you may use the software only as expressly permitted in this agreement. Microsoft reserves all other rights. You may not transfer the software or this agreement to any third party. If you create Derivative Works, you grant to Microsoft a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, assignable, sublicenseable license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display, modify, use, make, have made, import, and sell such Derivative Works.

4. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. The software is subject to United States export laws and regulations. You must comply with all domestic and international export laws and regulations that apply to the software. These laws include restrictions on destinations, end users and end use. For additional information, see www.microsoft.com/exporting.

5. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This agreement is the entire agreement for the software.

6. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Washington, without reference to its choice of law principles to the contrary. Each party hereby consents to the jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in King County, Washington, with regard to any suit or claim arising under or by reason of this Agreement.

7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. The software is licensed "as-is." You bear the risk of using it. Microsoft gives no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. Microsoft disclaims all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

8. LIMITATION ON AND EXCLUSION OF REMEDIES AND DAMAGES. You can recover from Microsoft and its suppliers only direct damages up to U.S. $5.00. You cannot recover any other damages, including consequential, lost profits, special, indirect or incidental damages. This limitation applies to anything related to the software, including claims for breach of contract, breach of warranty, guarantee or condition, strict liability, negligence, or other tort to the extent permitted by applicable law. It also applies even if Microsoft knew or should have known about the possibility of the damages. The above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you because your country may not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental, consequential or other damages.





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2014-03-26 01:49 »

As you can see the license terms are pretty restrictive.

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2014-03-26 01:51 »

Haha cool... although, DOS 6.22 is my personal favorite! ::thumbup::

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2014-03-26 01:52 »

Ps. Yeah, it doesn't seem that we can cache them in here. Not allowed. Pretty lame. :?

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2014-03-26 01:54 »

I never thought I'd see them do it, but I don't want to touch them with a ten foot poll under that license. Still, it is some progress.

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2014-03-26 01:56 »

I just looked quickly at DIR.ASM, COPY.ASM and CHKDSK.ASM. My head is spinning. It was such a long time ago I touched assembly. ::crazy:: Nice nostalgic trip down memory lane, however. :relaxed:

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2014-03-26 02:03 »

Don't share too many details! ;)

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2014-03-26 02:06 »

:P :lol: :P

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2014-04-06 21:55 »

I was just looking around over @ http://www.freedos.org/

I ran across this:

http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/2 ... to-ms-dos/

Apparently overly-excited folks were emailing them to notify them that Microsoft released source code.

...It's nice that Microsoft released the MS-DOS source code, but this is not "Free software." I'll add a warning that if you download and study the MS-DOS source code, you should not contribute code to FreeDOS afterwards. We want to avoid any suggestion that FreeDOS has been "tainted" by this proprietary code.


People do need to be careful about these things. Just because you can get the source code doesn't mean that it's open source.

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