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First question, assuming that you’re Microsoft and you want to do this: How much of the Windows 98 code base was licensed from other companies? (i.e. Windows c

First question, assuming that you’re Microsoft and you want to do this: How much of the Windows 98 code base was licensed from other companies? (i.e. Windows code that MS doesn’t own the copyright to.) Can you trace all those copyright owners? What will they ask for in exchange for allowing you to open source the code?

h2odragon 4y ago
Lose any code they don't have copyright to, release what they can, even if its not functional. Wonder if the "fuck with Lotus" code still existed in win98, and would that still be a "secret" worth keeping.
- HeckFeck 4y ago
  > Lose any code they don't have copyright to, release what they can, even if its not functional. This was the approach with BSD Unix iirc. They removed the AT&T/other copyrighted code and the community filled in the rest of the gaps.