Window source code leaked

AMAZING POWERS OF OBSERVATION m_epling at comcast.net
Sat Feb 14 20:54:42 UTC 2004


  thats a bit of a stretcher isn't it ?

On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 14:02, M.Hockings wrote:
> James Drabb wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 09:12, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Anyway, I thought people here respected copyrights. How can the same
> >>people that cry against ilegal use of GPL code by some corporations take
> >>so light views on copyright when talking about Microsoft's (supposed)
> >>code?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I do respect others copyrights.  I was playing devils advocate.  I think
> >people get silly about copyrights, especially MS's.  The best thing to
> >do is ask a lawyer.
> >
> >Looking at the MS code is a whole different ball game then actually
> >  
> >
> I would not be so confident that the above is true.  Say you were to 
> obtain and view the MS source code ( in fact you may not even have 
> looked at it but simply possess it you cannot prove that you have not 
> examined at all of it).  Say that you then wrote and published some 
> piece of software, for you or your employer.   If MS had the inclination 
> (maybe your software competes with something they are doing or wish to 
> do) they could examine your published product for "similarities" with 
> their own code and start legal proceedings if they find any.  Yes, I 
> know that reverse-engineering is prohibited in most license agreements 
> but it happens anyway.
> 
> Don't be fooled into thinking that this does not happen, I *know* that 
> it does. 
> 
> >_using_ that code.  You would have to be an idiot to use MS's code
> >without proper permission.  They can unleash a legal nightmare on anyone
> >that would try to steal their code.
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> If you are a software developer it would be best not to even peek at the 
> leaked code (IMHO).
> 
> 
> Mike
> 





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