my dad emailed this to me and i found it quite interesting. its pdfs, texts, and docxs of the source code for apple II dos. im considering developing my os around this (even though i hate apple i still think woz was a genius)
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Jump to PostWell Steve Jobs died and if it wasn't proprietary software, they wouldn't have much to sell, now would they? :)
Jump to PostCorrect me if I'm wrong, but I believe that anything released under the GNU GPL needs to be free for everyone.
Jump to PostOh, I see. But if the source code for operating systems were released, wouldn't that just be an invitation for hacking? Right now linux doesn't have the virus issues that windows does simply because it's not as mainstream, and those who do use it tend to be smarter about security.
Jump to PostBlowfish is an algorithm used to one-way encrypt specific strings, such as passwords, in a database. You can't encrypt an entire operating system, of course ... because (1) decrypting on-the-fly would potentially slow it down too much to be a mainstream option and (2) then it wouldn't be open source …
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