Hi, On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote: > > I think the software NAZI's rarely bother with dos, not worth the effort > anymore.
Software "national socialists" don't exist, only lawyers (looking for prey). And it's their (paid) job to go after offenders. Admittedly, DOS isn't exactly worth a billion dollars, but it's still worth something. You yourself are worth something, and they can smell money a mile away. (Sorry for negative implications, I'm not anti-lawyer, but it's not exactly "fun times" either!) > I think if you own copies of the original cd's it gives you some right to > make copies of contained software - reasonable use rule I think. I own a lot > of copies of 95,98 & me and zillions of copies have been destroyed over the > years > so there lots of unused licenes out there.. You probably have licenses for your own use but not others. And they will (correctly) claim that it means that you still can't redistribute or even download from unauthorized sources, even with a fully valid license. And since this is a FreeDOS mailing list, a free/libre DOS clone, they will claim that you knew there were other (legal) options to find such software but disregarded them. Please don't push your luck. I'm not a lawyer. I'm not saying copyright is perfect here. But I don't want any of us (or you) to even get a stern warning, much less anything worse. P.S. Besides, FreeDOS is "better"! Or at least close enough / good enough. There's (almost) no reason to use anything else. If there are bugs, we need to fix them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
