Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:40:19 +0000 (GMT) | From | "James A. Sutherland" <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: Microsoft begining to open source Windows 2000? |
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Stuart MacDonald wrote:
> From: "Venkatesh Ramamurthy" <Venkateshr@ami.com> > > http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2692987,00.html > > "As such, clients will not be allowed to alter the code in any form and > may not give any other party access to any aspect of that code." > > Does this preclude one reading the source and then using > the knowledge gained to write, independently, working > modules for Linux; fixing the fs problems for instance? > > Does anyone on the list have access to the code? > > It seems to me this might be an opportunity...
They already license the Win2k bug's source to academic people without a huge NDA attached (and without the non-compete clause prohibiting work on other OSs!). There's a copy around here somewhere - I don't have access, but know who does, and might be able to get a copy at some point...
James.
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