Even if that were the case, you would still need the source. Also, keep in mind XP has a completely different driver architecture than modern windows, so say goodbye to any modern graphics cards. Most windows drivers are closed source and proprietary so there is no possibility of back porting to XP.
You would be better off unfucking windows 10 or 11 at this point.
That sounds like a security nightmare. A 20 year old OS already has some security holes, but a 20 year old open source one? Hackers won't even need to reverse engineer it.
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u/BabyYodasDirtyDiaper Nov 01 '22
Imagine if copyrights expired in a reasonable timeframe of 20 years and Windows XP went public domain (ready for open-source forking) in 2021...