On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Ben Klein<[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/7/8 Austin English <[email protected]>: >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: nengad24 <[email protected]> >> -- snip -- >> Yesterday a korean company has released a new OS which is compatible >> with MS Windows Apps. >> -- snip -- >> http://www.tmaxwindow.co.kr/ >> >> If you want to have more Info, i point you to the ReactOS Forum,where >> a thread about this Company can be found. > > Someone posted a cnet blog article about tmax to #winehq, but without > any real details or investigation, or someone more reputable than cnet > commenting on it, I personally dismissed it as "yet another localised, > doomed OS". > > After reading the ReactOS thread linked in the original forwarded > mail, it looks like it's a blatant violation of GPL (and LGPL) > spanning many projects, and FSF's legal team should be alerted. >
As was already pointed out, unless it's certain that Wine's copyright is being infringed, that's a harsh step. First, it needs to be verified that Wine's license is being violated. Then, someone holding a copyright in Wine's source code needs to complain, since they have standing. -- -Austin
