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Not if Windows includes source code purchased or licensed from third parties who contractually prohibit MS from publishing their source code. Which it probably
by agar 6y ago
Not if Windows includes source code purchased or licensed from third parties who contractually prohibit MS from publishing their source code.
Which it probably does.
- mattl 6y agoI think IE was based on third party stuff. I’m sure there’s bits of that floating around everywhere.
- andrekandre 6y agoncsa mosiac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)
- canucker2016 6y agofrom the Legacy section of the NCSA Mosaic wikipedia page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)#Legacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)#Legacy: "...Versions of Internet Explorer before version 7 stated "Based on NCSA Mosaic" in the About box. Internet Explorer 7 was audited by Microsoft to ensure that it contained no Mosaic code,[39] and thus no longer credits Spyglass or Mosaic."
- andrekandre 6y ago> Internet Explorer 7 was audited by Microsoft to ensure that it contained no Mosaic code,[39] and thus no longer credits Spyglass or Mosaic. oh wow, thanks for the correction, cant beleive i missed that