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Windows CE 6 Arrives Complete with Kernel Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has launched the sixth edition of their embedded OS Windows CE and this time has included the full source. From the article: 'Developers can now access shared source code for the Windows CE kernel -- as well as certain device drivers and application-level components -- directly from within the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 distribution package. To do this, they click on a function in the IDE that installs the shared source, and indicate their acceptance of the associated shared source license.'"

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  1. cue Admiral Ackbar by Churla · · Score: 2, Funny

    in 3...2... 1...

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  2. Re:A Trend, I'm Sure by dch24 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yeah, I think this is pretty easy to understand (heh, heh, heh). For instance, click on the link in the article that explains what "Shared Source" means. Then read this:
    Background information

    Understanding Microsoft's new, simplified Shared Source licenses -- Oct. 19, 2005 -- a description of the newly released shared source licenses, including sections on the Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL) Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL), Microsoft Community License (Ms-CL), Microsoft Community License (Ms-CL), Microsoft Reference License (Ms-RL), and Microsoft Reference License (Ms-RL).
    Yep, they understood that one pretty well.