> I think, applying Hanlon's Razor here, that this was a chance > discovery by someone else, and led to the release. Microsoft is not > willing to go to even the minimal effort of searching its own archives > for the other versions to release them, but if someone else finds the > code, it will permit the release under a permissive licence.
there is no need for Microsoft to search its own archives. MSDOS 6.22 source leaked to the internet some 22 years ago, and a plenty of people have it. I don't understand how this would permit the "release under a permissive licence". Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user