Window source code leaked

[Raghu Vadapalli]

What hell am I going to do with that buggy code anyway ? Trash is
trash anyway.

On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 15:54, AMAZING POWERS OF OBSERVATION wrote:
>   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
> > 
>