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Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

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Re: Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

#13

Post by ehPReth »

selectodude wrote: post #2

I wonder if they deleted all the "fucks" out of it. The Win2K source code was good for a laugh.

Word v1.1a:

    $ grep -ri fuck .
    ./Opus/asm/wordgrep.asm:; BP  is used as always, the other registers are free to fuck with.
    ./Opus/asm/wordgrep.asm:	je	another_fucking_out_of_range_jump
    ./Opus/asm/wordgrep.asm:another_fucking_out_of_range_jump:
MS-DOS v1.1 & v2.0:

    $ grep -ri fuck .

Re: Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

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Post by nsxwolf »

dalek2point3 wrote: post #3

just in case someone from MS is reading -- is it also possible to put this code under the public domain or at least under a free license? I'm very worried about the fact that some of this old code, though useless to MS at this moment, will be lost for follow-on use by folks today.

I'd rather start any project on a foundation of at least MS-DOS 5.0.

Re: Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

#15

Post by gnoway »

spodek wrote: post #10

Under what license? Can we view, modify, redistribute? No one wants to get sued for these things, or being found to violate some end user license agreement with some other Microsoft software. On the other hand, I'd love to find out that people viewing this code contribute an improvement that no one in Microsoft saw in decades that helps them improve something today, leading them to soften their stance on Free Softwar…

Microsoft Research License.

Yes, Yes, No.

Re: Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

#16

Post by herge »

gnoway wrote: post #15
spodek wrote: post #10

Under what license? Can we view, modify, redistribute? No one wants to get sued for these things, or being found to violate some end user license agreement with some other Microsoft software. On the other hand, I'd love to find out that people viewing this code contribute an improvement that no one in Microsoft saw in decades that helps them improve something today, leading them to soften their stance on Free Softwar…

Microsoft Research License. Yes, Yes, No.

How can a license allow modification without redistribution?

Re: Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

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Post by not_that_noob »

ehPReth wrote: post #13
selectodude wrote: post #2

I wonder if they deleted all the "fucks" out of it. The Win2K source code was good for a laugh.

Word v1.1a: $ grep -ri fuck . ./Opus/asm/wordgrep.asm:; BP is used as always, the other registers are free to fuck with. ./Opus/asm/wordgrep.asm: je another_fucking_out_of_range_jump ./Opus/asm/wordgrep.asm:another_fucking_out_of_range_jump: MS-DOS v1.1 & v2.0: $ grep -ri fuck .

MS-DOS would have been delivered to IBM as code, so they cleaned it up for the suits. Word on the other hand...

Re: Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

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Post by ehPReth »

comboy wrote: post #7
ehPReth wrote: post #5

Direct(er) links: * MS-DOS v1.1 and v2.0: http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/microsoft-research-lice... * Word v1.1a: http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/microsoft-research-lice...

503, any mirror?

Here you go:

* https://mega.co.nz/#F!jAhUzLCC!2i187wbXL7WUF3587YaMfw

* http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/61DF3FLY3Z3pnWTHQMzcRQ

SHA-256:

    ed62a98801f15cf9b7f229e33c7413d1ff9d1e1e91e9aa2468742589b65e156d  msdos.zip
    b424c3c1c1d7083cc74c9b1b77823eb511739c4237cb7a2f1650b75391f43ff6  Word-1.1a-CHM-Distribution.zip
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