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Yes and No. There are actually developers that had given a lot of open source software to the platform (OS/2) without expecting nothing in return. But cloning
by martiniturbide 8y ago
Yes and No.
There are actually developers that had given a lot of open source software to the platform (OS/2) without expecting nothing in return. But cloning OS/2 to turn it open source is a very long task and we don't have enough hands on the community.
But eComStation and ArcaOS uses IBM's binaries (OS/2 binaries), so to be a legal product an agreement and $$$ has to be given to IBM to be able to distribute a resell the binaries. So, it can not be a free product until some developers clone an open source replacement for the OS/2's binaries.
If you have doubts you can visit OS2World.com and ask on the forum.