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For more information on why this happened check out Richard's blog post: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/microsoft-open-sources-gw-basic/ https://dev

For more information on why this happened check out Richard's blog post: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/microsoft-open-sources-gw-basic/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/microsoft-open-so...

skissane 6y ago
> (Alas, sorry, we’re unable to open-source the ISA translator.) > Alas, we’re unable to provide sources for these ports and/or customizations. I wonder why. (I guess it might involve code licensed from third parties, co-developed and jointly owned with OEM vendors, or unclear provenance of IP.) I wonder if it will ever change. I hope one day it does. One of these days (probably long after I'm dead) the copyright will expire. I hope the source code hasn't been lost by then. (Sadly, there's a decent chance it will have been.)
- WalterBright 6y ago
  Much of the source code from those days is simply lost.
dang 6y ago
OK, we've changed to that from https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC. Thanks!