13 Feb
2004
13 Feb
'04
5:26 a.m.
Lots has been said about OSS developers not wanting to look at this for fear that they will be "tainted." While it is true that simply the act of looking at the code is unauthorized and illegal, I wonder if there is any truth to the claim that a developer who looked at Windows source would endanger future projects (assuming, of course, that simple copying---which is clearly illegal---doesn't happen). Comments? I suspect a little of the other direction may come into play - OSS writers checking though the source to see if any of *their* code has been added to
Riad S. Wahby wrote: the MS product... Sorta like SCO and system V -> Linux ;)