upload a few ZIP files to some ftp sites I did not know I was about to open one of the best (or worst) kept secrets in the OS/2 community.
It seems that there is a leak of the OS/2 source code and that lots of people has it !
When the osFree distro was released some people started to shout "illegal" or "blody murder" and tried to prove their point by referencing to the leaked source "everyone" knows about.
Thats a really nice way to bite onself in the tail :-)
Others screamed, "I have it but I dont feel guilty since I did not tell others".
Yet some people screamed, "I will not use illegal stuff shame on you".
Now it turns out that many people has this leaked code but have kept their posession of it more or less secret.
Well, to all the people that screamed "I will not use illegal stuff shame on you".
Its not impossible that the developer of your favorite OS/2 application has this code and may even have peeked into it/copied stuff to write their application.
I do some software developing myself. I feel a bit betrayed that so many other people have this source and not me. Why them and not me ?
Are they better since they keep their possession secret ?
Now what should the OS/2 community do ? Deny any knowledge of the source (for some that is to late ) and blame it all on the osFree developers ?
Or should we admit the facts and admit to ourselves that everything is not just good or bad ?
I dont have the answer, but you should all think long and hard !
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