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Free Software Foundation Demands That Microsoft Release Windows 7 as Free Software

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday January 30 2020, @02:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the pull-the-other-one dept.

takyon writes:

Upcycle Windows 7

On January 14th, Windows 7 reached its official "end-of-life," bringing an end to its updates as well as its ten years of poisoning education, invading privacy, and threatening user security. The end of Windows 7's lifecycle gives Microsoft the perfect opportunity to undo past wrongs, and to upcycle it instead.

We call on them to release it as free software, and give it to the community to study and improve. As there is already a precedent for releasing some core Windows utilities as free software, Microsoft has nothing to lose by liberating a version of their operating system that they themselves say has "reached its end."

Also at The Register and Wccftech.

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  • (Score: 2) by Nuke on Thursday January 30 2020, @09:44AM (2 children)

    by Nuke (3162) on Thursday January 30 2020, @09:44AM (#951108)

    Oops, I should have Googled it first. Looks like they did release it, at least early versions.

    https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2018/oct/01/microsoft-open-source-msdos/ [developer-tech.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday January 30 2020, @04:39PM (1 child)

    by RS3 (6367) on Thursday January 30 2020, @04:39PM (#951264)

    I'm too lazy and time-constrained to look, but did they release up to Dos 7, or just 2.0?

    FreeDos is probably much better anyway, so MS's source is probably moot.

    • (Score: 1) by Zappy on Friday January 31 2020, @07:48PM

      by Zappy (4210) on Friday January 31 2020, @07:48PM (#951922)

      Just 1.25 and 2.0 all assembler code.