> Errr ... ummm ... I haven't read the copyright laws recently, but
> I'm afraid that unless our friend <G> Bill relinquishes them, he
> still has full rights over M$-DOS (actually, IBM had joint rights to
> some parts, but these may have been re-written by Bill's crowd).
> In other words, you can't legally do your own distribution! If Lineo
> won't let you distribute DR-DOS, your only option (that I'm aware
> of) is FreeDOS. Sorry.
I dont think microsoft will care about something this small, do you?
>From what i've heard Win95's copyright has ran out as well.
>
> Joe.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Tate [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:41 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Video Settings
> >
> > Where are the Video Settings stored for
> > Arachne. I am writeing my own distro of
> > MS-DOS 6.0 (base) with other things
> > And a good installer.
> > When FREEdos becomes stable i will
> > use it. But Lineo Object to the use of
> > DR-DOS in my Distribution.
> > So it is MS-DOS for now. As the copyright
> > has Died.
> >
> > It is a free distro and will be finished (stable)
> > at the end of the year.
> > A Release is expected in a few months.
> >
> > Hopefully Michial Want object to my use
> > of arachne included, Note i am going to use
> > LSppp instead and write my own Configurator for
> > Everything, Project details at WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/JDOSDIST
> > <http://www.GEOCITIES.COM/JDOSDIST>
> >
> > And apparently William Henry Gates III spoke out in
> > forum.fuckmicrosoft.com <http://forum.fuckmicrosoft.com>, thread name
was
> > "The Lounge"
> > Have a look, he says how he has little control over
> > Microsoft Corp's Activity's, Is it true....
> >
> > OR FALSE, hmmmmm noone will be for sure
> >
