> 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



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