-=> Quoting Paul Edwards to John Tserkezis <=-

Hello Paul,

 JT> I've had a quick look at it.  Why don't you work with the guys who are 
 JT> working on FreeDOS?  

 PE> I did contact them.
 
 JT> Most of that is done, and it serves the same purpose 
 JT> you are intending, except I *think* their code is GNU, not public domain.  

 PE> And that is exactly right.  I explicitly said I wanted to be part of
 PE> Freedos if it was public domain, but they said it was going to be Gnu
 PE> Virus Licenced. 

 JT> Same shit different smell as they say.  It's still free.

 PE> If it was the same shit, they would be happy to make it PD.  They're
 PE> not. Hence PDOS.

 GNU is free for the end user, but it can't be used to make a commercial
procuct, is that right?
 Whereas, public domain is just that, do whatever you like however you like.

 PE>  BTW, is there ANY genuine PD operating systems in the world?
 PE> I think FreeBSD might be half-PD.  What about CPM?

 I don't know about FreeBSD, many of that type of thing is GNU, as I think they
want to ensure it remains free regardless of who gets their hands on it.

 CPM is still commercial I think.  Outdated back in the dark ages maybe, but
still commercial.  I don't know if they made it PD though.

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

... Documentation - The worst part of programming.
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