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Re:MenuetOS, an operating system written in assembly, hits 1.0 by napkindrawing on Friday May 15, 2015 @10:43AM (#9550935)
Does anyone know the background of the decision to restrict commercial usage for the 64bit version? Seems strange to have the 32bit vs. 64bit versions licensed differently.
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Re:MenuetOS, an operating system written in assembly, hits 1.0 by kedean on Friday May 15, 2015 @12:32PM (#9551701)
I'd imagine it's because nobody will want to use the 32-bit version for anything commercial, so there's no worry about it. If some company wants to use the 64-bit version commercially, then the team is going to want to have some say there in case the project picks up steam and really goes somewhere.
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