Windows CE opens up
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on April 10, 2003 at 4:09:50 AM
I like WinCE for the pocket PC, I have an old iPaq that keeps chugging along. Under a new program, developers will get to see all the source code of the tiny OS. But, there always is a catch with Microsoft. Any modifications (meaning, any improvements) become the property of Microsoft. That doesn't seem fair.
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Under the old Windows CE program, developers could access and modify the source code and directly ship a device with those modifications. Under the revision, which Microsoft calls the Windows CE Shared Source Premium License Program, manufacturers would have full access to the operating system source code and be able to make modifications. But unlike open-source development, where modifications to code that's intended for outside distribution must be freely published, some changes would either belong to Microsoft or be licensed back to the company.