MS Windows NT 4.0 source code

MS가 반독점 조사를 받을때 windows 소스코드를 공개해고 했었는데, 결국 볼수만 있지 사용할수는 없는거지요? 공개도 모두에게 open한게 아니라 한정된 사람과 단체에게만 공개했었던것 같습니다. 저도 이 소스를 open source처럼 일반 사람들끼리 수정해서 만들어보면 어떨까 하는 생각을 했었는데 불가능 한거였네요.

github에 올려졌다니 누군가는 clone했을텐데, torrent에 찾아보면 있을듯.

Windows NT 4.0가 20년다되가지만 정말 잘 만들어진 운영체제인데, 이것을 기반으로 현재 필요한 wireless protocol(WIFI, BT etc), usb 2.0/3.0을 지원하면 꽤 쓸만할거라 생각됩니다.

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Microsoft takes pirated windows NT 4.0 source code offline

Windows NT 4.0 may be nearly two decades old but that doesn't mean that Microsoft wants its sensitive source code out in public. After ignoring a copy of the partially leaked code for several years, the company recently asked GitHub to take an unauthorized copy offline, with success.

In February 2004 large portions of Microsoft’s Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 source code leaked onto the Internet.

In a statement issued at the time, Microsoft said the breach didn’t come from inside. The company worked closely with the FBI to track down the source but these efforts were fruitless.

Hoping to keep the leak under control, Microsoft also started issuing takedown notices to sites and P2P file-sharers, urging them to stop offering the code.

However, like anything that leaks onto the Internet it’s pretty much impossible to remove something for good. Even today, several NT 4.0 copies are still floating around in the dark corners of the web.

Up until a few days ago there was even a copy hosted on the popular developer platform GitHub. Posted by “njdragonfly” the leaked source code has been available there since 2011.

Microsoft initially didn’t spot the infringing copy but it recently took action by sending GitHub a DMCA takedown notice.

Microsoft’s takedown notice

“We have received information that the domain listed above, which appears to be on servers under your control, is offering unlicensed copies of, or is engaged in other unauthorized activities relating to, copyrighted works published by Microsoft Corporation,” the company writes

The notice proved to be successful. A few hours after its arrival the repository wasmade inaccessible. Those who try to access it now are redirected to GitHub’s standard takedown page.

While it’s understandable that Microsoft doesn’t want its source code out in the open, it’s not as much as a security threat as it was a decade ago. Today, more than 10 years after it was first published, pretty much all exploits have been patched.

That said, it’s worth nothing that after all these years Microsoft is trying to contain the leak. But perhaps that’s just for sentimental value.

Windows NT 4.0

Tagged in: DMCA, Github, microsoft, windows nt

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