mccOct 13, 2024

An open source program with a copy protection scheme where in order to launch you must refer to your copy of the GPL and answer questions about it.

"What is the fifth word of GPLv3, '3. Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law.'?

* 'Granted'
* 'Work'
* 'Circumvention'
* 'Deemed'"

Show threadmccOct 13, 2024
RMS: "You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program." [Moving closer] "Did you?" [Moving closer still] "Did you REALLY?"
Show threadCassandra is only carbon now
@mcc Alternate world in which widespread GPL adoption is contemporaneous with DOS shareware proliferation.
Oct 13, 2024 at 7:46pmWeb
Show threadmccOct 13, 2024
@xgranade i do sometimes wonder if there's a world where FreeDOS sees widespread adoption
Show threadCassandra is only carbon nowOct 13, 2024

@mcc I wonder similar with ReactOS. A part of me never really moved on from Windows 98 SE (to my discredit), and I sometimes wonder what a future in that sort of a UI model would look like.

(I guess Xfce, but I digress.)

Show threadkasperdOct 13, 2024
I actually have one computer which came with FreeDOS pre-installed from the manufacturer. I did however reinstall the machine with Linux instead.
Show threadmccOct 13, 2024
@kasperd @xgranade coulda played a few rounds of Scorched Earth first