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On a related note, QNX was open source for a while, before it was bought by Blackberry. Do you know if anyone managed to snag a copy of it?

• pjmlp 10y ago
  It was available for free on a floppy, but never open source.
  • wolfgke 10y ago
    It was never open source in the sense of the OSI (Open Source Initiative) definition, but the source code was available to the public for a while: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QNX&oldid=730827552#History https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QNX&oldid=7308275... "In September 2007, QNX Software Systems announced the availability of some of its source code. [http://www.qnx.com/news/pr_2471_1.html http://www.qnx.com/news/pr_2471_1.html] On April 9, 2010, Research In Motion announced they would acquire QNX Software Systems from Harman International Industries. On the same day, QNX source code access was restricted from the public and hobbyists."
    • Animats 10y ago
      Yes, and much of the QNX development community abandoned QNX when they did that.
    • ori_b 10y ago
      Exactly this -- So, someone must have grabbed a copy of the source at that time, and I'd love to have a read through it one day.