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Castle Considering Open Sourcing RISC OS

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 15th Aug 2006 14:29 UTC, submitted by flypig

The developers of RISC OS 5 are prepared to open source 'elements' of the operating system, acccording to a report in Archive magazine today. Castle boss Jack Lillingston reportedly told Archive editor Paul Beverley on-the-record that the company is "very seriously considering making RISC OS open source".

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They might as well...

by Tuishimi on Tue 15th Aug 2006 14:36 UTC

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2005-07-06

...call it OpenDarwin - oh no wait, that's taken.

(A little sarcasm - I assume 100% open source junkies are going to flame this "consideration" because it would not be 100% of the OS source code. I do not have a problem with opening only SOME of the code - its their prerogative).

Edited 2006-08-15 14:39

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RE: They might as well...

by Duffman on Tue 15th Aug 2006 17:15 in reply to "They might as well..."

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2005-11-23

Yeah, it is sad to see that for open source junkies, the world is only black or white. Its so manichaean ...

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RE[2]: They might as well...

by macisaac on Tue 15th Aug 2006 18:46 in reply to "RE: They might as well..."

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2005-08-28

It's sad to see that for closed source junkies, their stereotypes of open source/free software proponents are so black and well, black. It's so boring...

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