RISC OS Open

RISC OS Open Ltd.
Company type	Private
Industry	Computer software
Founded	Worthing, UK (20 June 2006)
Founder	Ben Avison, Andrew Hodgkinson, Andrew Moyler, Richard Nicoll, Steve Revill
Headquarters	Cambridge, 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.org

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]

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]

^ Hansen, Martin (21 July 2007). "RISC OS Open: One year on". Drobe. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
^ Holwerda, Thom (10 December 2008). "RISCOS Ltd Might Take Legal Action Against RISC OS Open Ltd". OSNews. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
^ "About us: RISC OS Open Limited FAQ". RISC OS Open. Retrieved 22 February 2011. RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) [...] can author software for an existing hardware design or develop a complete hardware and software solution.
^ "Welcome". RISC OS Open. Retrieved 3 January 2020. RISC OS Open (ROOL) is an organisation run on a largely voluntary basis. We are managing the process of publishing the source code to RISC OS [...]
^ "Ex-Pace staff back RISC OS Open Ltd". Drobe. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2011. As a divisional director, Richard Nicoll, of Ely, Cambridgeshire, oversaw the 'information appliance division' in Cambridge at Pace. [...] RISC OS Open director and company secretary Steve Revill owns a 20% stake in RISC OS Open, as do each of fellow ex-Pace and ex-Tematic engineers Ben Avison and Andrew Hodgkinson [...]
^ "Castle and ROS Open reveal plans for 2007". Drobe. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2011. [...] the shared source initiative - which is designed to get the source code to RISC OS 5 out into the open for free [...]
^ "RISC OS is open for business!". RISC OS Open. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2020. RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL) are hugely proud to [...] republish the source code to this popular niche operating system under the Apache 2.0 License, in a move aimed at removing existing barriers to entry for developers [...]
^ Cartmell, John (Summer 2007). "Interview". Qercus. No. 283. Finnybank Ltd. We really want to stimulate development both in and around RISC OS
^ Smith, Louie (November 2008). "Interview". RISC OS Now. No. 9. [RISC OS Now]. The whole project is based on the fundamental premise that the software will die out if there are no developers.

[drobe_ansen_2007-1] Hansen, Martin (21 July 2007). "RISC OS Open: One year on". Drobe. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

[osnews-2] Holwerda, Thom (10 December 2008). "RISCOS Ltd Might Take Legal Action Against RISC OS Open Ltd". OSNews. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

[3] "About us: RISC OS Open Limited FAQ". RISC OS Open. Retrieved 22 February 2011. RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) [...] can author software for an existing hardware design or develop a complete hardware and software solution.

[4] "Welcome". RISC OS Open. Retrieved 3 January 2020. RISC OS Open (ROOL) is an organisation run on a largely voluntary basis. We are managing the process of publishing the source code to RISC OS [...]

[5] "Ex-Pace staff back RISC OS Open Ltd". Drobe. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2011. As a divisional director, Richard Nicoll, of Ely, Cambridgeshire, oversaw the 'information appliance division' in Cambridge at Pace. [...] RISC OS Open director and company secretary Steve Revill owns a 20% stake in RISC OS Open, as do each of fellow ex-Pace and ex-Tematic engineers Ben Avison and Andrew Hodgkinson [...]

[6] "Castle and ROS Open reveal plans for 2007". Drobe. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2011. [...] the shared source initiative - which is designed to get the source code to RISC OS 5 out into the open for free [...]

[7] "RISC OS is open for business!". RISC OS Open. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2020. RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL) are hugely proud to [...] republish the source code to this popular niche operating system under the Apache 2.0 License, in a move aimed at removing existing barriers to entry for developers [...]

[8] Cartmell, John (Summer 2007). "Interview". Qercus. No. 283. Finnybank Ltd. We really want to stimulate development both in and around RISC OS

[9] Smith, Louie (November 2008). "Interview". RISC OS Now. No. 9. [RISC OS Now]. The whole project is based on the fundamental premise that the software will die out if there are no developers.

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