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Re: [MiNT] FreeMiNT history...



> AK> Can someone tell me how exactly MiNT becomed opensource? Was it
> Atari AK> decision, or there was just "leak" from laboratories?
> 
> If I remember correctly, MiNT ("Mint is Not TOS") was
> originally a project by Eric R. Smith ... and once he
> got it going, he posted it and said others could work
> on it if they wanted.
> 
> Atari apparently got ahold of it ... changed the name
> of the acronym ("Mint is Now TOS") and adopted it.
> I do not know if it's the same as MultiTOS or not.

The thing that I'm interested in is how MiNT becomed opensource when 
Atari goz ahold of it...

Btw. what didb MHMiNT meant?

And the last: why did Eric R. Smith leaved the developement, and what 
does he do now?

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Adam Klobukowski
atari@gabo.pl