Among others, /. is reporting that Win2k and WinNT source code may have leaked. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/12/2114228 Does anyone here have any good evidence as concerns the truth or falsity of this claim? 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? -- Riad Wahby rsw@jfet.org MIT VI-2 M.Eng
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 06:25:25PM -0500, Riad S. Wahby wrote:
Windows source would endanger future projects (assuming, of course, that simple copying---which is clearly illegal---doesn't happen). Comments?
Why would it? There may be some problems on the margin, but for the most part I think it's /. silliness. -Declan
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 ;)
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