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>The Internet Archive has put up a massive collection of old MS-DOS games that you can play directly in your browser.
>No need to set up DOSBox or find and install any files, just click and play everything from Duke Nukem 3D to SimAnt to Oregon Trail.
>https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2
▶ No.911337>>911351 >>911781
>>911329 (OP)
Which ones are free software, I'm seeing a lot of proprietary titles there?
▶ No.911351>>911356 >>911568 >>911781
>>911337
They're all free. You don't have to pay to play them.
▶ No.911356>>911363 >>911781
>>911351
>You don't have to pay to play them.
I think you are confusing free software with freeware.
Freeware is software the is distributed free of charge. On the other hand free software is software that respects the 4 essential freedoms:
0. The freedom to run the software
1. The freedom to modify the software
2. The freedom to share the software with others
3. The freedom to share your modified version of the software with others
While a common misconception, they are very separate categories of software.
▶ No.911363>>911366 >>911426 >>911444 >>913973
>>911356
Sorry, but I think you're the one who is confused. I looked in the Oxford English Dictionary, the Oxford American Dictionary, and Merriam-Webster, and while the word "free" has a lot of meanings, I don't see any that match what you're describing. Are you sure that this "free software" concept isn't something that some guy just made up? None of the authorities on the English language seem to be aware of it.
Also, you seem to have made a mistake in your list. It starts with 0, but lists should begin with 1 if you're going to use Arabic numerals for the items in the list.
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>>911363
> Are you sure that this "free software" concept isn't something that some guy just made up?
This brightened my day.
▶ No.911367
web emulators are aids tho, might as well take 5 minutes to setup dosbox
▶ No.911378
>>911329 (OP)
ITT OP recently discovers.
It's been there for ages OP. Last time I tried it was last year IIRC.
▶ No.911387>>911389
just tried duke nukem
froze before the load screen on GNU/Linux
this is worthless if it only works on proprietary operating systems
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>>911387
maybe it was just duke nukem, Oregon trail works
▶ No.911426>>911438 >>911444 >>911465
>>911363
I think you misunderstand what a dictionary is. The dictionary does not define English, but is merely a catalog of common ways people use English.
The correct definition of free software will eventually make its way into the dictionary once it becomes common place enough.
>you seem to have made a mistake in your list
By convention the list of the four freedoms is always numbered 0-3 due to the hacker culture behind the freedoms themselves.
▶ No.911437>>912801 >>919939
Can those games be downloaded though?
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>>911426
>dictionaries provide definitions
>dictionaries don't define
Shut up.
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▶ No.911465>>911534
>>911426
>The dictionary does not define English, but is merely a catalog of common ways people use English.
It's a bit more complicated than that, but to the extent that you're correct, it merely reinforces my point. The definition of "free" that you provided in terms of "free software" is so culturally irrelevant that it does not appear in "a catalog of commons ways people use English", even an exhaustive one like Oxford.
>The correct definition of free software will eventually make its way into the dictionary once it becomes common place enough.
Oh, so maybe the new definition you're talking about is just new? Like from this year or last year or something? I guess you're right, given enough time, like 30 or 35 years, it will probably be standard.
>By convention the list of the four freedoms is always numbered 0-3 due to the hacker culture behind the freedoms themselves.
I understand. I thought you made a typo in making the list, but apparently the mistake is fundamental to the list. That's a pretty silly way to make a list. Maybe that's part of the reason the nobody knows about it? Like, it makes all of these cultural references that most people don't get and don't find relevant.
But getting back to the original point, since this definition of "free software" you're proffering doesn't really seem to matter and it kind of weird and irrelevant, you can go ahead and play the games that OP mentioned. Because they're "free" in the way that everyone understands that word when it comes to being able to use a good or service.
▶ No.911467
Who cares if it's free as in freedom, it's free as in beer!
▶ No.911482>>911568 >>912360 >>914836
>>911329 (OP)
>this literally happened years ago
>need a thread about it
>on /tech/ instead of /v/
So it's another slide thread to distract from the latest Intel fuckup then?
▶ No.911528
Are the games listed at the internet archive legal and lawful?
▶ No.911534
>>911465
>>911465
>The definition of "free"
No, it would be under the definition of free software.
>is so culturally irrelevant
Unfortunately the general public does not know about the free software movement due to being slightly subverted. Additionally the general public seems to have no problem being abused by proprietary software for some unexplainable reason.
>like 30 or 35 years
In fact the definition of free software is actually that old already. I'm sure within the next 30 or 35 years free software will be much more common place that it will warrant its inclusion in the dictionary.
>That's a pretty silly way to make a list
In programming languages lists are usually started with 0 since the index refers to an offset from the start.
>you can go ahead and play the games
Yes, but that is only the first freedom. As I said before, you need the four essential freedoms for it to be free software. I am not able to take any of those games and make a modification to it. Why can't I change something that is running on MY computer. Why do they have to obfuscate it by compiling it into a binary?
▶ No.911541>>911561 >>911591
I'd play it, but it requires nonfree JS. Plus I already own Duke 3D and DOOM 1+11 on CD so I'm set.
▶ No.911561>>911564
>>911541
Yep, now you're going to have to go play Nethack or something. But wait, are you even allowed to play a game that's not GPLv3 (or whatever number they're up to now?) I can just see it now, little RMS daemon on your shoulder is scoffing at the idea already. But wait, he makes joke! Funny, haha! It's funny because he's getting paid, and you're just sitting there trying to find ways to talk about how much freedom you have to not play some old games.
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>>911561
>But wait, are you even allowed to play a game that's not GPLv3
It just has to be free software. GPLv3 is a license which protects software from becoming proprietary software.
Regardless, here's an excerpt from NetHack's license:
>(Based on the BISON general public license,
>copyright 1988 Richard M. Stallman)
which is essentially just a more primitive form of the GPL
▶ No.911567>>911588
>>911564
But what about the tivoization? You're not exercising due diligence, comrade.
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>>911482
I just realized how much of a shitty thread this is, but I haven't saved the password and cannot delete it.
>>911351
You're a retard.
▶ No.911588
>>911567
Very inspiring. One day I hope to have your intellectual prowess to spend ten dollars.
▶ No.911591>>911593
>>911541
>I'd play it, but it requires nonfree JS.
But JS is free?
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>>911591
You foooooooooooooooooooooool. Free as in a freedom. You listen to RMS. You must listen to RMS. Now tell mw how to get hot sexy gf. Read GPL and tell me how to get hot sexy gf in fast and easy way. No I am not pajeet. No I am not proprietary software.
▶ No.911596>>911700 >>912025
A lot of these games are sadly shareware but it's a nice alternative to fighting Dosbox.
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>>911593
Here's how u get gf, pajeet.
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>>911596
What do you do to fight Dosbox? Isn't it an emulator of a DOS computer?
▶ No.911781>>911787
>>911337
>>911351
>>911356
It's FreeSource.
I hope RMS dies soon. His autism prevents him from changing what is obviously a poor choice of words considering that he's trying to run a poltical org.
Instead he just shit posts about Drumpf and how pedophillia should be legal or whatever.
Fucking retarded kike.
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>>911781
>Pedophilia should be legal
I bet you're one of those stupid idiots that thinks a 16 year-old can't give consent to an 18 year-old for sex because they're not mature yet.
▶ No.911790>>911793
>>911787
No, I just think it's gross and gay and that you faggots shoud be lined up against a wall and shot.
▶ No.911793
>>911790
>No, I just think it's gross and gay and that you faggots shoud be lined up against a wall and shot
No, what's gay is that you think it's gay for consenting minors below the AoC wherever they are to have sex, despite the fact they may be fully cognizant of the risk and dangers of unwanted pregnancy. The number of teen pregnancies has shown that minors are fully willing to engage in sex before they hit legal age. What is sad and disgusting is that most kids these days don't have education about safety, condoms and contraception in schools. That and the fact that abortion is becoming more dangerous to perform for the mother and the doctor as well is concerning.
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>>911787
>old enough to vote
>old enough to drive
>old enough to own guns
>not old enough to have sex
Prudes are not logical.
▶ No.911805>>911829
>>911329 (OP)
>just click and play
>Launching emulator .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
>nothing happens
it's shit.
>Can I donate up uP UP ButtCoins?
>Yes, please do
pure cancer
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>>911805
You have to insert a quarter if you want to play the arcade machine, Joey.
▶ No.911985>>912027
>thread about archive
>ctrl+f
>no lolisv4
daily reminder that lolis are technology
▶ No.912025
>>911596
It IS Dosbox compiled into pajeetscript.
▶ No.912027
>>911985
So are gas chambers.
>>>/out/
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▶ No.912801>>912922
>>911437
Last I checked, no they can't be. At least the good ones people care about anyway. You can download some.
▶ No.912922
>>912801
You can download them all if you have elite access.
▶ No.913897>>913915 >>913931
>>911787
> ITT: I don't understand the romeo and juliet clause
▶ No.913915
>>913897
not every state has one
▶ No.913931>>914018 >>914023
>>913897
<It's not pedophilia if a kid does it
nice try pedo
▶ No.913973>>914205
>>911363
>authorities on the English language
Language authorities a shit.
▶ No.913981>>914035
>>911797
As a matter of fact, teens shouldn't be allowed to do any of those things.
▶ No.914018
>>913931
It's not pedophilia if there are no pre-pubescent children involved.
▶ No.914023
>>913931
>kids should only have sex with adults
who's the pedo here
▶ No.914035>>914516
>>913981
Says who? Teens should be just as free as any other person.
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>>913973
Wait.... What authorities? Who the fuck gets that title. Not the fucking queen
▶ No.914415>>920153
>>911797
Were Spock and Data metaphors for autist/sperg?
▶ No.914514
How does a site like this survive?
▶ No.914516>>914817
>>914035
No, teens like yourself are retarded and their coordination is subpar, they shouldn't be allowed even to get close to cars, not to mention the other stuff
▶ No.914817
>>914516
I don't think you are in a position to call someone else retarded.
▶ No.914836
>>911482
At least learn what sliding is.
▶ No.919913
>>911329 (OP)
>doesn't have weird dreams
dropped on the fucking head
▶ No.919939
>>911437
We'd need someone to write a userscript to do it, but it should be possible.
I used to write userscripts to download videos from for-pay porn sites. It's just a matter of finding the name of the object that dynamically loads the content. Most sites don't even try to hide the url in the source html anymore.
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>>914415
Spock was there to expose how irrational mankind is.
▶ No.920284>>920292
why play someone else's game when you can create your own custom game for yourself?
▶ No.920292
>>920284
Because then you already know the solution to all the puzzles. And can't even have much fun just exploring, unless you randomly generate the world (but that will get a bit dull after a while, as the same obvious patterns emerge).