[plug] WinCE released under shared source

Chris Caston caston at arach.net.au
Fri Apr 11 13:38:54 WST 2003


However,

I'm interested in what (depending on the license) hits the
non-commercial or warez sites that comes from the WinCE code. 

On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 13:36, Chris Caston wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 11:24, John Knight wrote:
> > I'm getting a vision, I see a project called... 'WINE'.... I see some happy 
> > nerds......
> 
> With blind-folds on or keeping very far away from the code. Lest MS
> claim that WINE contains any code lifted from Windows CE.
> 
> On the other foot WINE is falls over enough already WITHOUT WinCE code.
>  
> > Make lunch, not war.
> > 
> > 
> > >As above. I think this is the link:
> > >
> > >http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/ce.net/downloads/
> > >
> > >
> > >First person to compile this on Linux gets $5 and my sister (;
> > >
> > >
> > >[Updated 10:10 pm PDT] -- Microsoft Corp. "dropped the other shoe"
> > >today, as it were, announcing the first source code sharing program for
> > >its Windows CE embedded operating system (OS) that allows developers and
> > >manufacturers to actually redistribute modified OS code in real
> > >products. Previously, the commercial use of Windows CE source code was
> > >essentially restricted to technical support purposes only, in that
> > >developers could use the code to solve problems and understand how to
> > >work within the capabilities of the OS, but were not permitted to employ
> > >modified Windows CE code to fix bugs, add functions, or tune the OS to
> > >tight resource constraints.
> > >
> > >http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS6015823526.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
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