Windows XP source code leak
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 6:28 am
So this is a somewhat interesting one. A few articles have been circulating regarding a recent MS source code leak originating on 4chan, though reports are that the contents are as advertised, I've seen some people commenting that it's might be a compilation of existing leaks and publicly released code from MS themselves with nothing new.
Obviously it would be illegal to do anything with it and obviously no one here should do that or encourage it, but I would be curious to hear peoples take on it all.
Would you be curious to see it? Given how much influence on hardware and software development XP had, being the dominant desktop platform for something like a decade, there would surely be stuff in there that would help open source developers, maybe even us hobbyists. Code for device drivers, API implementations, lots of components rely on bug-compatible implementations of MS' system. Could open up projects to complex legal issues in the future though.
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Obviously it would be illegal to do anything with it and obviously no one here should do that or encourage it, but I would be curious to hear peoples take on it all.
Would you be curious to see it? Given how much influence on hardware and software development XP had, being the dominant desktop platform for something like a decade, there would surely be stuff in there that would help open source developers, maybe even us hobbyists. Code for device drivers, API implementations, lots of components rely on bug-compatible implementations of MS' system. Could open up projects to complex legal issues in the future though.
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