The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has publicly asked Microsoft to release the source code of Windows 7 shortly after the end of support of the 2009 operating system on January 14 and as seen the team she 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 love they have for the open software that they mention in their advertisement".
"If they really love free software, they have a chance to show it to the world. "We hope they do not just use the free software development model as a marketing tool to trick us into thinking we are free," the FSF said.
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, 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 publication seems to have squeezed the company, in words that they themselves have mentioned… Microsoft loves open source…
