Re: [OT] Did you try ReactOS?

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Well, in fairness, it isn't like Microsoft hasn't been guilty of exactly the
same thing in their past, Berkeley pipes come to mind. But, stealing code
in source form is illegal, and should be!

Bill M.


"Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Why don't you suggest MS suing Samba and Wine too, together with ReactOS?
They also do very high crime - implementing a compatible systems!
Certainly

"Implementing a compatible system" _while using the information leaks from
the
original vendor_ is a law violation, and probably even a crime (depends on
country).

So, if there will be evidence that Samba and/or Wine developers used the
leaked
MS's source to write their code - then Samba and/or Wine will have legal
issues.

Making a clone based on direct confidential information leaks from the
original
vendor is surely punisheable.

"Implementing a compatible system" _based on reverse-engineering_ is a
milder
thing, and probably not a law violation at all - any pharmaceutical
company
from the country other then world's Top 10 do this to create "generic"
drugs,
and I never heard it is illegal (unless the company also "borrow" the
original
product name, which is a crime).

At least the Russian company of "Ferein" - well-known clonemaker of
medicines
for ~13 years - was operating OK, and now is prosecuted due to tax dodging
and
not due to IP violations.

--
Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
maxim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.storagecraft.com



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