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Microsoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code! (github.com)

submitted 6 months ago by pastermil@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[–] JustMarkov@lemmy.ml 34 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Cool, but why's that all of a sudden?

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago

Probably Microsoft is trying to "save" some of its reputation after adding ads to Windows 11 one more time

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

They found a new 0-day exploit

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

They probably only got clearance from their lawyers (or IBM's lawyers) just now.

A lot of proprietary software includes bits from other proprietary software that they don't have the rights to open-source. And untangling and removing those bits takes time and effort.