There's also a question of the timing, since I think Jack wrote and released those programs and source code before the MS-DOS source code was released (unless Jack had gotten access to some MS source code earlier than that). I also think Jack used to program for a living, though I'm not sure if it was DOS-related or not.
I've looked at some of Jack's earlier source code. If he was "tainted" by something he did (either earlier or later), am I now "tainted" too? Is it possible that anybody who ever has or will work on or look at commercial/proprietary software is forever "tainted" and can't work on free stuff any more? Are you "tainted" when you buy a book that has some sample source code in it? Am I "tainted" because I've looked at the IBM Technical References that contain the BIOS source code for early PC's? I can certainly understand the paranoia from a totally volunteer organization like FreeOOS, but there needs to be some reasonable perspective applied to this at some point in time. ____________________________________________________________ Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
