RISC OS Open
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RISC OS Open Ltd. (also referred to as ROOL)[1][2] is a limited company engaged in computer software and IT consulting.[3] It is managing the process of publishing the source code to RISC OS.[4] Company founders include staff who formerly worked for Pace, the company which acquired RISC OS after Acorn's demise.[5]
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Computer software |
Founded | Worthing, UK (20 June 2006; 17 years ago (2006-06-20)) |
Founder | Ben Avison, Andrew Hodgkinson, Andrew Moyler, Richard Nicoll, Steve Revill |
Headquarters | , UK |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Steve Revill, Co-founder and Managing director Ben Avison, Co-founder Andrew Hodgkinson, Co-founder |
Products | RISC OS 5 |
Services | IT consulting |
Website | riscosopen |
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The source code publication was initially facilitated by a shared source initiative (SSI) between ROOL and Castle Technology (CTL),[6] prior to a switch to the more widely recognised Apache licence in October 2018.[7] ROOL hopes that by making the RISC OS source code available for free it will help stimulate development of both the RISC OS source code and the platform as a whole.[8][9]