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Exactly. For instance Windows source code has been "open source" for about 18 years or so via a license anyone can request. This is still not what most people t
by kerng 8y ago
Exactly. For instance Windows source code has been "open source" for about 18 years or so via a license anyone can request. This is still not what most people think of when speaking about open source though.
Edit: They call it Shared Source actually:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/default.aspx https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/default.aspx
- solarkraft 8y agoWoah, what? The current version?
- the_af 8y agoYes, Shared Source, not open source. Microsoft (un)surprisingly understood the differences, back in the day, and avoided the latter term.