you know when it comes to licenses and patents, the SPA told me years ago,
they can only copyright software for 14 years, after that you can leagally
pir8 it:) I wonder if this still holds true, but like you say... its
abandonware so who cares.
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Michael Reichenbach <
michael_reichenb...@freenet.de> wrote:
> Eric Auer schrieb:
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> >>> I do not think we should use code reversed from MS DOS sorry.
> >> I think that too but it's no problem to reverse engineer the
> >> specification as long you write your own implementation from scratch.
> >>
> >> Also the linux guys reverse engineered for example the Windows
> >> networking protocol and implemented it their self (samba).
> >
> > They checked the protocol (transferred data) not the binary.
> > It is kind of more noble to just sniff network contents and
> > keep the software as it is, a black box with closed source.
> >
> > As DOS is no server, I think it is okay to look for example
> > at data structures and how they change over time. This does
> > leave the binary / machine code in nice black box land :-).
> >
> >> You could even look into their sources for interoperability reasons
> >
> > No because then I would have to "steal them" by downloading
> > them from a dark source.
>
> You can download them tell the police/microsoft, make a self-accusation
> and see if you get sued, I highly doubt it.
>
> Anyway,
> - the one who uploaded the ms source code violated law and his
> employment contract
> - the one who provides a download for the ms source code (distribution)
> is not allowed to distribute it
> - the one who downloads it... What is his concrete criminal act?
>
> It's like writing a book, someone steals it and puts it into public,
> people grab it and read it. A stupid idea to sue them, for what by the way?
>
> Even the leaked Windows source codes got revived and the developer
> didn't get sued either. There are also parts of windows disassembled and
> documented (such as the MBR) and no one ever got near to sued.
>
> If you scare that already you should not go outside anytime, my risk
> analysis says that your chances to die thought a flood are higher.
>
> You can also simple download it and not telling it anyone (if you
> haven't done that already out of curiosity), it will be a remaining
> secret until the end of universe.
>
> -mr
>
>
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