> А ведь здесь с полным правом можно воскликнуть: Это СПО, детка!

https://github.com/ParticleCore/Particle/blob/master/LICENSE
> Contact for permissions other than the use of the software and its contents for non-comercial personal purposes, such as, and not limited to:
>  - Use of the software for its intended purpose
> - Use of the source code for learning and teaching purposes
> - Use of the software and its source code for sharing without unauthorized third party modifications
>   with included easily visible linkbacks directing to the source of the original file(s) location(s) or main directory

Не тянет оно как-то на СПО.

> Это вам не чётко регламентированные, с подробно расписанной картой выключателей, зонды от МС.

Правда, иногда выключатели -  просто красивая, громко щелкающая бутафория :)
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-.../
> For example, even with Cortana and searching the Web from the Start menu disabled, opening Start and typing will send a
> request to www.bing.com to request a file called threshold.appcache which appears to contain some Cortana information,
> even though Cortana is disabled. The request for this file appears to contain a random machine ID that persists across
> reboots.
>