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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!europa.clark.net!newsfeed2!news.easystreet.com!not-for-mail From: tedm@portsoft.com Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 17 Apr 1997 06:55:32 GMT Organization: Easystreet Online Services Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5j4hh4$sjc$13@easystreet03> References: <5hcbac$r22@news.gvsu.edu> <slrn5jm1c6.foh.ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar> <3344cd56.1499074@news.sprynet.com> <slrn5k5u4d.ics.jason@verdi.jlc.net> <5ipsl6$i1v$1@halcyon.com> Reply-To: tedm@portsoft.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mail.portsoft.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:20237 comp.os.linux.misc:170314 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39221 In <5ipsl6$i1v$1@halcyon.com>, tzs@halcyon.com (Tim Smith) writes: >Jason T. Nelson <jason@verdi.jlc.net> wrote: >>Please tell me where I can obtain the source code to Windows95/NT so >>I may make a change to the way it functions in the same way I can >>change the functionality of the FreeBSD kernel (or Linux, for that >>matter). > >You get the source to Windows NT from Microsoft. I'm surprised you >couldn't figure that out yourself. I don't know how much it costs, >but it's probably a lot. Actually, I don't think they will give you all the source, even with you signing an NDA, I believe most of it comes in object modules. In any case, even if you could get the source, your signing an NDA is going to prevent anyone from being able to take advantage of your modifications.