Risc OS still not so open

Interestingly Castle and Risc OS Open Ltd have announced they will release the source code of Risc OS. Risc OS is the Operating System which used to power Acorn computers in the 90s. I first suggested to riscos.org's Paul Vigay back in May 2002 that they could take the monumental step of opening-up, this announcement is a big step but they need to go one step further. They decided against releasing the source code under a Free Software license and went with a Shared Source licence; this doesn't give all the freedoms developers and users might like compared to GNU-Linux though. In a couple of years down the line they might release source code under a different licence.. but will it be too late by then? Drobe has the reaction to this announcement from the industry. Fond memories of Acorn aside, I personally hope Risc OS succeeds ;)