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Japan tried to build an operating system for the entire world, then the US government intervened (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 5 points 4 days ago (1 child)

According to the article it was royalty free and published open standards, but they do not make any claim to this being an FOSS system.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    Per Wikipedia…

    TRON does not specify the source code for the kernel, but instead is a "set of interfaces and design guidelines" for creating the kernel. This allows different companies to create their own versions of TRON, based on the specifications, which can be suited for different microprocessors.

    It’s not even a software project as we know it. It’s a specification like POSIX, and presumably, anything implementing the spec can be certified if it passes a test suite, like UNIX.

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