> On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 7:51 PM Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: >> FreeDOS seems to mostly focus on "four freedoms" (free/libre), aka GPL >> or OSI. As long as we're as "free" as possible, I think we're okay. It >> gives us the most advantages, and it helps the most people. But I >> don't think splitting hairs on that end will (practically) improve >> anything much, if at all.
On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 6:00 PM, dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agreed on being as free as possible, and the question is how free > FreeDOS *can* be. > > The bigger question is "Why use FreeDOS at *all*?" No amount of > freedom will compensate for no plausible use case to make the effort > worth expending. See above about "hobbyist labor of' love." I'm disappointed to read the above statement. And I'm really confused why you would write "Why use FreeDOS at all" on an email list that's about FreeDOS. This is not helpful and does not contribute to the FreeDOS community. There are still lots of people who use FreeDOS. Some people use FreeDOS to restore old PC hardware. Others use FreeDOS to play DOS games or run legacy business software - either in a PC emulator or on real hardware. A few people still use FreeDOS to run embedded systems. What we all have is common is using FreeDOS. And that's what the FreeDOS email lists are about. If you don't want to use FreeDOS, you don't have to reply to the email list. Jim _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
