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 2009 operating system on January 14th and it looks like the team is ready for the next one movement.
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 it free software, they have a chance to show it to the world. We hope they are not just using the free software development model as a marketing tool to trick us into thinking they care about our freedom," FSF continues.
It should be noted that Windows 7 may have reached the end of support, but Microsoft still offers custom support to companies that pay for it. So Microsoft will keep releasing updates for another three years, so you can forget about the FSF idea.
Also open source Windows 7 might not be such a good idea if comeyeand are included in Windows 10.
In any case, Microsoft's response will be interesting, as the FSF publication seems to have squeezed the company, in words that they themselves have mentioned… Microsoft loves open source…
