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posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 19.05.2008, 23:15

> > The public availability of a
> > source
> > code means that it's open, doesn't it?
>
> No.
OpenDOS/DR-DOS switched hands a lot: Digital Research (task switching in 6.0), Novell (true multitasking in 7.0), Caldera (7.03), Lineo, SCO, DeviceLogics, DR-DOS Inc. Only during 1997 was it called OpenDOS, and that ended with the release of DR-DOS 7.02. Caldera's last (and the last official, non-OEM version for public use???) was 7.03 (my copy bought online from DeviceLogics in 2004 still says Caldera everywhere). The source is a mess anyways (from what I hear), needing several compilers and assemblers (6 or 7 toolsets). Maybe Novell could afford to open source it "back in the day" (since their business is all Linux-based now), but the current guys are targeting the embedded market (and paid good money for the rights), so even though rumors of it being free for non-commercial use still fly around, it ain't so. I'll bet Matthias Paul could clear it up, but who knows how to find him these days??

P.S. Here's what I asked and what response I got (back in '04):

> From: Bryce J Burns <bryce_AT_drdos.blah>
> To: rugxulo_AT_bellsouth.blah
> Cc: sales_AT_drdos.blah
> Subject: Re: DR-DOS single-user, personal/non-commercial
> Date: Saturday, October 23, 2004 11:27:59 AM
>
>
> DR DOS 7.03 $35
> Bootable DOS 7.03 $20
> Bootable DOS v8 $25
>
>
> > rugxulo_AT_bellsouth.blah wrote:
> >
> > What versions (names, numbers) of Open/DR/Caldera/Novell DOS do you
> > currently have the rights to? How much is a single-user,
> > personal/non-commercial license for private use? $29, $35, other?

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