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svarDOS is a DOS distribution that comes with plenty of third-party packages. With time, packages get updated and new packages are being added. However, svarDOS is not a shareware distribution CD, nor it is a "warez" production of any kind. Every software that is distributed within svarDOS must comply to a few common sense rules, as listed below.
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SvarDOS is a DOS distribution that comes with plenty of third-party packages. With time, packages get updated and new packages are being added. However, SvarDOS is not a shareware distribution CD, nor it is a "warez" production of any kind. Every software that is distributed within SvarDOS must comply to a few common sense rules, as listed below.
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The distributed software must be useful. There is no point in distributing hundreds of "Hello World" programs for example. The software must be useable as a finished product and provide some features that are proven to be seeked by at least a subset of the user base. Games are considered useful, as long as they fulfill their goal of providing actual distraction.
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The distributed software must be useful. There is no point in distributing hundreds of "Hello World" programs for example. The software must be useable as a finished product and provide some features that are proven to be seeked by at least a subset of the user base. Games are considered useful, as long as they fulfill their goal of providing actual distraction.
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The program must allow distribution without restrictions, and must not forbid being redistributed in a re-packaged form.
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The program must allow distribution without restrictions, and must not forbid being redistributed in a re-packaged form.
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Please note that, while the above rules are valid for all third-party packages that may be distributed with svarDOS, it does not apply to the 'core' packages that contain the operating system itself. svarDOS being a free (as in "libre") operating system, all "core" packages must comply to a libre-like license - be it GPL, BSD, MIT, public domain, or anything that allows for unrestricted distribution, provides source code and allows to modify it freely.
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Please note that, while the above rules are valid for all third-party packages that may be distributed with SvarDOS, it does not apply to the 'core' packages that contain the operating system itself. SvarDOS being a free (as in "libre") operating system, all "core" packages must comply to a libre-like license - be it GPL, BSD, MIT, public domain, or anything that allows for unrestricted distribution, provides source code and allows to modify it freely.
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