Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:
  • LeFantome@programming.dev
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    10 hours ago

    Yes.

    There are two downsides if Microsoft takes it proprietary again in the future.

    1. we would have to fork it and maintain the fork. Honestly, what kind of “community” are we if this is what we are complaining about?

    2. Microsoft could include out contributions in their future commercial product.

    Again, Microsoft cannot take away access to our own code. They just get to use it. That “freedom” really pisses some people off.