From: Orlando Andico <[email protected]> Date: 04/10/2009 20:58 > > I am waiting for Microsoft to truly open source (as in GPL) > Not possible. There is far too much third-party licensed code inside > Windows that Microsoft doesn't have the right to redistribute. > They would have to rip out this code and document how to replace it,
Sun did exactly this thing when they opensourced Solaris and Java. Sun removed third party proprietary code and there are now open source implementations of many of those parts. But I think what's more important is for Microsoft to fully document all Windows API and make it available royalty free and have someone else implement it (maybe something like the ReactOS project). _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
