And maybe, just maybe, in the year 2082, your grandchildren will compile the OS/2 source code for fun on their neural interfaces. Until then, it remains the digital fossil we are forbidden to touch.
Until then, the OS/2 source code exists in three states: os 2 source code
The original 1985 JDA included non-disclosure stipulations that, while expired in some respects, still complicate the redistribution of "Joint Code". And maybe, just maybe, in the year 2082,
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For educational purposes only. If you’re a student of operating systems, hunt down the OS/2 1.3 kernel leak. Compile it (good luck finding a 16-bit IBM C compiler). Run it in an emulator. And when it boots—when that blue screen with the white text appears—raise a glass to the engineers who built a cathedral in the age of bazaars.