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Officially published or leaked? What does it mean that 'open source is ot Opn Source' just because Donkey.bas was published a couple of years before FSF foundat
by fedd 15y ago
Officially published or leaked?
What does it mean that 'open source is ot Opn Source' just because Donkey.bas was published a couple of years before FSF foundation or didn't comply some rules?
- paxswill 15y agoMicrosoft makes the Windows kernel source available to a number of entities [0], but this source is not to be distributed freely. Open Source is usually construed to mean that the source, if you have it, can be distributed to freely. [0] http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/windowslp.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/windowslp.ms...
- justincormack 15y agoYou can get official Windows source, under restrictive conditions. Mainly used by governments, and some other large organizations. The rest of your question is somewhat confusing.
- icebraining 15y agoNitpick: Open Source is defined by the Open Source Initiative[1] (OSI), not by the FSF, which defines "Free Software". In fact, "Open Source" was defined specifically as a way to drop the philosophical and ethical approach of "Free Software". [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software