Thanks! ReactOS looks quite interesting. The OpenWindows site didn't have anything on it. I can't help from wondering, however, that their energies could have been better spent helping a project like WINE. After all, ReactOS is designed for NT4 compatibility, and NT4 isn't exactly the most recent OS on the planet. On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 03:09, Jim Dawson wrote: > Also check out: > OpenWindows http://www.owpcentral.com > ReactOS http://www.reactos.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 18:40:59 +1000 > Subject: Re: [newbie] OT open-source software is good enough for Microsoft > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:22, Tim Holmes wrote: > > I think it's been basic knowledge for some time, that the Windows kernel > > was an "adapted" BSD kernel. They've never really tried to prove they > > did or didn't. > > No, the Windows kernel is not based on UNIX at all. The Windows NT core was > a fork from OS/2 2.x. Microsoft had been developing OS/2 for IBM, and when > their partnership ended IBM continued OS/2's development with the Warp > series. > > > Now I guess somebody could reverse engineer Windows, but would be > > illegal, and with the help of DMCA, they'd be shot, hung, and all that > > good stuff as we've seen demonstrated here lately with the Sklyarov > > case. I don't know of any other way to prove that they are 100%. > > If it could be proven that the reverse-engineers had never seen or used any > M$ code, then there is nothing illegal. This is why Samba and WINE aren't > illegal. > > > But also keep in mind, that FreeBSD, itself, doesn't use GPL, it's under > > the BSD licensing. And I could be wrong, as I've not done an whole lot > > of research on this, but just because you have OpenSource software > > incorporated in your software, you don't have to provide ALL the > > software to the public, only the OpenSource software needs to be "open." > > But again, I may have this all wrong, maybe somebody else could clear > > this one up. (To lazy to do any real research on it now. Sorry! lol) > > The BSD license has few restrictions, the main one being that credit must > be given to the authors of the original code. However, the code itself may > be modified and used in any way. Derivative works can be closed-source. > > > As far as sueing them? You can sue anybody for anything, but the > > problem here, is that Micro$HAFT has a small chunk of the Devil's arm > > in his Legal Department, and most of us have seen the figures of how > > much money is put into that department. You may end, but it will cost > > you a Bill Gates sized fortune to do so! > > William Gates II (Bill's father) is a partner in the most powerful law firm > in Seattle, so Bill has had legal connections since Microsoft's beginning. > No wonder why he often chooses litigation over innovation. > > > tdh -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
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