We've actually addressed this issue before. Some years ago, the source code to MS-DOS was leaked. For a while, I would get about an email a week from people (who probably thought they were being helpful) asking if I wanted access to the Microsoft code. I have always said "no", because having access to the MS-DOS source code could compromise my work in FreeDOS. We have a FAQ about the topic, here:
http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/faq/cgi-bin/viewfaq.cgi?faq=General_Information/12
Of course you're right, Jim! But may I add two things? Firstly, the "leaked" MS-DOS 6 source code contains only about 1/3 of the whole thing - consequently none of its components will build, and secondly, in my opinion, the harm done by just looking at it is similar to the harm done by just looking at... pornography (as long as you don't do it ;-) At one moment you get bored and just stop looking! Yes, the comparison is exact, because this source code is just a "full pornography" as we say here! It's full of patches, bug descriptions and workarounds, and so on, is almost 100% assembler, and is the best example of "spaghetti code" (i.e. not structured at all) I've ever seen! So, not only it's impossible to understand, but also one must be crazy to attempt to copy anything from it - this would be plainly impossible, even if you want do do it! It's of no real value to anybody, not in the last place because as Johnson already said, it's obsolete and our code is already much better in every aspect! So, my advice is - just forget that pile of trash!
Lucho
P.S. I'm glad that the Datalight ROM-DOS code has not leaked [yet]! By the way, some years ago they were offering it for sale, for just... $10000 ;-)
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