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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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shmerl ◴[30 Mar 16 17:47 UTC] No.11391358[source]▶
So it's like Wine in reverse. Is it FOSS?
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1. kyberias ◴[30 Mar 16 19:06 UTC] No.11392026[source]▶
This is a "Windows Subsystem" implementation. There are no open subsystem implementations and it hasn't been documented. Therefore it's a little far-fetched that they would release this as open source. Not impossible though.