[ros-kernel] RE: [ros-cvs] CVS Update: reactos

[Alex Ionescu]

>If you got the kit without permission from Microsoft (but didn't
>copy/paste from it), I'm not sure if it's a copyright problem, but it is
>certainly illegal for you to have the copy you have, so I'd be careful
>bragging about it.

In all due honesty, I had someone buy it for me because I don't exactly have
that kind of money, and he was nice enough to give it to me for free (he
owns his own company and the amount was not a problem for him, we are close
friends, I've done work for him, anyways). He never mentioned an NDA nor
does Microsoft's site. Does the 2003 IFS still have an NDA? Not according to
MS (I wasn't able to find this anywhere).

>We're going to have to get this squared away and set some policies about
>this stuff.  I'm *tired* of talking about it and tired of hearing about
>it.  A few of us started gathering policies a while back, but it never
>got off the ground.  Maybe it's time for a renewed effort.

Excellent, I totally agree. It sucks being a guinea pig but I think it's for
the best to have something written down in *stone*.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu

-----Original Message-----
From: ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com [mailto:ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com]
On Behalf Of Vizzini
Sent: June 24, 2004 7:27 PM
To: ReactOS Kernel List
Subject: RE: [ros-kernel] RE: [ros-cvs] CVS Update: reactos

> You mentioned that if they come from the IFS, this violates M$ copyright.
I
> was under the impression that this was OK if they are re-written, and not
> copied. I have asked Vizzini to get an official answer on this from his
> sources.

I'm going to ask an attourney for an opinion about this tonight and see
what happens.  Meanwhile, remember that I am just coordinating policies
here, not unilaterally defining them. :)

> I appreciate your concern and I think it's great...we really need to watch
> out for illegal commits, and I'm more then happy to cooperate if
re-writing
> stuff from the IFS is not OK (I'll just use the public GNU ntifs.h...).

That file has its share of mistakes, but it's better than nothing. 
Skywing made a point in another post that *is* relevant - the IFSKit is
NDA material, which presumably you know, having signed that NDA when you
got your copy of kit.

If you got the kit without permission from Microsoft (but didn't
copy/paste from it), I'm not sure if it's a copyright problem, but it is
certainly illegal for you to have the copy you have, so I'd be careful
bragging about it.

We're going to have to get this squared away and set some policies about
this stuff.  I'm *tired* of talking about it and tired of hearing about
it.  A few of us started gathering policies a while back, but it never
got off the ground.  Maybe it's time for a renewed effort.

 -Vizzini


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