On 8/18/06, Andre Tertling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would not say so. Michael compared MS DOS behaviour to > > FreeDOS behaviour to find a bug. To ensure compatibility > > (interoperability), even limited reverse engineering > > would have been allowed in Germany. But that was not
IMHO reverse engineering a legally acquired program is completely different thing than using illegally acquired program. > > even necessary, as only the behaviour, not the code, > > of MS DOS was checked to find what turned out to be > > a bug in QuickBASIC 4... Yet I suggest that experiments > > with MS DOS are best done by those people who already > > do own MS DOS. Normally we get reports like "this works > > on MS DOS and when I change to FreeDOS it breaks", so > > the bug reporters are likely to be MS DOS owners :-). > > But then, those are often no programmers. If you want > > maximum legality, we could purchase a copy of MS DOS > > for testing purposes. > > Eric, here is your signboard :D Please don't feed the trolls. It's not > good for them, nor is it for us ;) > > P.S. I am sure I have a stack of MS-DOS licenses somewhere in the > basement. If someone really wants to have one, feel free to apply. I don't really know if it's legal to use illegally acquired program if you have a license for the program but not the program itself. > > Just to close this IMO silly thread ;) I find it sad that many Free Software/Open Source developers find it "silly" or "trolling" to fully consider legal matters, and I'm not talking just FreeDOS. But if you do not wish to discuss this matter, I can shut up. -- Markus Laire ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
