Open source ALL unsupported versions of Windows

Open source ALL unsupported versions of Windows

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March 2, 2021
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Started by DF C

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7 and giving it security updates awhile ago. The Free Software Foundation created a campaign called "Upcycle Windows 7" to open source it. I want to take this further. I want ALL unsupported versions of Windows, from Windows 1 through Windows 8.1 (Windows 8.1 stopped getting mainstream support in 2018, and all Windows 8 support ended in 2016), and ALL unsupported versions of Windows Server INCLUDED, to be open sourced under a copyleft license like the GNU GPL.

In my opinion, seeing as Microsoft does own Github, it shouldn't be hard to open source those versions. It would be good for the community, and Microsoft says that they like open source, so why don't they open source the versions they're not making a profit on? I say "Not making a profit on" because I recognize the fact that they're a company and have to make profits in order to stay in business and not collapse. Who knows, maybe one day Microsoft will actually lead the world with open source software? Here's everything I want open sourced (I'm starting with the non-server ones):

  1. Windows 1
  2. Windows 1.02
  3. Windows 1.03
  4. Windows 1.04
  5. Windows 2.03
  6. Windows 2.10
  7. Windows 2.11
  8. Windows 3.0
  9. Windows 3.1
  10. Windows NT 3.1
  11. Windows For Workgroups 3.11
  12. Windows 3.2
  13. Windows NT 3.5
  14. Windows NT 3.51
  15. Windows 95
  16. Windows NT 4.0
  17. Windows 98
  18. Windows 2000
  19. Windows Me
  20. Windows XP
  21. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
  22. Windows Vista
  23. Windows 7
  24. Windows 8
  25. Windows 8.1

Server versions:

  1. Windows NT 3.1
  2. Windows NT 3.5
  3. Windows NT 3.51
  4. Windows NT 4.0
  5. Windows 2000
  6. Windows Server 2003
  7. Windows Server 2003 R2
  8. Windows Server 2008

Appliances:

  1. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
  2. Windows RT

Mobile devices:

  1. Every version of Windows phone
  2. Pocket PC 2000
  3. Pocket PC 2002
  4. Every version of Windows Mobile

Embedded devices:

  1. Windows CE 1.0-5.0
  2. Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Also, I would like the Microsoft Network, and the free version of Github to be open sourced as well.

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