Comment on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoMeans that now anyone can fork the project and make changes or iterate on it without needing to wait for Microsoft to fix things.
Comment on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoMeans that now anyone can fork the project and make changes or iterate on it without needing to wait for Microsoft to fix things.
RaptorBenn@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Fanks
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Np! Also forgot to add, I haven’t checked the license but generally with proper open source projects (as in not just source available) it means that even if Microsoft tries to revert this at any point, having forks of this version and continuing to develop and distribute versions of it is A-OK