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IBM PC DOS, free downloads (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 03.08.2007, 05:13

> > The licensing is complicated, but as AFAIK DR-DOS/OpenDOS 7.01, 7.02 and
> > 7.03 (pre-Devicelogics) are still free, cerainly for private use.
>
> excerpt from OpenDOS 7.0.1 license.txt:
> (snip)
>
> That's not something I would call "free", not even for "private use" ...
> unless you are a student.

Yeah, I know. The other day I looked it up on the OpenDOS mailing list archives at DJ's site and saved a bunch of links (Session Manager in Firefox). So, I'll be mentioning that here (eventually).

Basically, I think they (Caldera) either had different goals at the beginning than later and / or they changed the license after-the-fact. (That would certainly explain the mass confusion about it on the web.)

Complete thread:

• IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Steve, 24.07.2007, 08:18 (Announce)
  • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - rr, 24.07.2007, 09:15
    • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Steve, 24.07.2007, 12:56
      • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - rr, 24.07.2007, 13:45
        • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Japheth, 24.07.2007, 15:23
          • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - rr, 24.07.2007, 15:36
            • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Japheth, 24.07.2007, 17:38
              • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - rr, 24.07.2007, 17:58
                • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Japheth, 24.07.2007, 18:24
                  • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - rr, 25.07.2007, 12:47
                • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Steve, 24.07.2007, 19:08
                  • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - usotsuki, 28.07.2007, 02:31
  • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Rugxulo, 25.07.2007, 00:45
    • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Steve, 25.07.2007, 13:50
      • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - lucho, 29.07.2007, 21:25
        • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Steve, 30.07.2007, 06:40
          • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - lucho, 30.07.2007, 21:08
            • IBM PC DOS, free downloads ||| FSF - DOS386, 02.08.2007, 15:36
        • IBM PC DOS, "free" downloads , MS-DOS 7.1 - DOS386, 02.08.2007, 15:34
          • IBM PC DOS, "free" downloads , MS-DOS 7.1 - Japheth, 02.08.2007, 23:11
            • IBM PC DOS, "free" downloads , MS-DOS 7.1 - rr, 03.08.2007, 10:31
      • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Rugxulo, 30.07.2007, 01:57
        • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Steve, 30.07.2007, 06:56
      • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Japheth, 01.08.2007, 06:43
        • IBM PC DOS, free downloads - Rugxulo, 03.08.2007, 05:13