msft: "All source distributions for research use are UNSUPPORTED. There are no mechanisms in place for help with interpretation or compiling of the code."
They don't really specify what to do with the code, what you need to compile it or whatever (they probably just have a bunch of their own proprietary utilities to do that, which they don't give you)...most likely, you can't just use an ordinary compiler.
I wonder what mechanism is in place to prevent some student from distributing it (for $0 or more)...not that I would do that though...
Microsoft licenses source code to universities, for research-purposes only, quite possibly exactly because of what you said...CS students would just play with the linux kernel and therefore the fanbase for linux (or your favorite free-non-MS os) would increase.
I emailed some CS dept professors asking them to request a copy but it doesn't seem they even want to teach that stuff in class, and corrupt everything they've been trying to teach us;) .
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They don't really specify what to do with the code, what you need to compile it or whatever (they probably just have a bunch of their own proprietary utilities to do that, which they don't give you)...most likely, you can't just use an ordinary compiler.
I wonder what mechanism is in place to prevent some student from distributing it (for $0 or more)...not that I would do that though...
I emailed some CS dept professors asking them to request a copy but it doesn't seem they even want to teach that stuff in class, and corrupt everything they've been trying to teach us ;) .