The Free Software Foundation (Free Software Foundation or simply FSF) has publicly asked Microsoft to release the source code of the Windows 7 shortly after the end of support of the operating system of 2009 on January 14 and it seems the team is ready for the next move.
Last week, the FSF sent Microsoft a blank hard drive, which the company would have to fill with the Windows 7 source code and then send it back to the Foundation.
"Microsoft can open Windows. They have all the necessary legal rights or can acquire them. If they choose to do so, it's up to them, ”says the Free Software Foundation.
"We are ready to give them all the help we can. "All they have to do is ask us." continues the team.
Microsoft is unlikely to open the Windows 7 code, of course, but the Free Software Foundation says many are interested in the move.
"In recent weeks, we have received the message that thousands of people around the world want to open Windows."
Microsoft has obviously not responded to the request for the Windows 7 source code, but it should do so anyway, says the Free Software Foundation, as the Microsoft CEO has repeatedly stated how important the open source world is.
"We want them to show how much they love the open source software they mention in their ad."
“If they really love free software, they have a chance to show it to the world. We hope they are not just leveraging the free software development model as a tool marketing to trick us into thinking that they are thinking about our freedom", continues the FSF.
We should mention that Windows 7 may have reached its end supports, but Microsoft still offers customized support to businesses that pay for it. So Microsoft will continue to release updates for another three years, so you can forget about the FSF idea.
Also, opening Windows 7 code might not be a good idea if parts of it are contained in Windows 10.
In any case, Microsoft's response will be interesting, as the FSF's publication seems to have cornered the company, in words they have reported themselves... Microsoft loves open source...
