Any lawyer will probably say it infringes EULA or whatever -- it just
does not matter.
VFP EULA was written 20 years ago, when IP on software was still an
important deal.
The only goal for Microsoft selling dev. S/W was to sell windows. They
would have given it away for free if it hadn't killed companies selling
other dev. tools for Windows like Borland or Windev.
FOSS came around since, and the cloud, and Microsoft no longer cares
about IP on dev tools, if ever they really did. They will even release
.Net as FOSS.
Microsoft has said and written that VFP was a 'niche' market, too small
for their business, I don't know how they could convince a court that
modifying the VFP runtime can do them any harm.
Mr. Chen and others keeping 100s of thousands of software running on
Windows is for the whole benefit of Microsoft -- Suing them would be
like shooting a bullet in their own foot.
Thierry Nivelet
Le 02/03/2016 09:39, Wollenhaupt, Christof a écrit :
Has anyone heard of this compiler? If so, any comments about it?
http://www.baiyujia.com/vfpcompiler/en/default.asp
It seems to work. However it relies on modified VFP runtime files and
disassembly of the original files. There are also modified copyright
statements in the product. This might or might not be legal in your country
and additionally might require that you get in writing from Microsoft that
they won't release a 64-bit version, or fix any of the bugs. That's the
case in Europe, anyways.
I'd consult a lawyer that specializes in intellectual property and
liability issues, but that's just me.
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