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

[Alex Ionescu]

Hi Harmut,

I agree with you if the IFS is covered by NDA. However I don't think this is
true anymore, but I'll have to ask the person who got it for me. It's not a
matter of disrespect for anyone, and I will respect the EULA/NDAs attached
to anything. But as Steven said, I wasn't aware that the DDK EULA States
that you can't use it for ROS (if it does, aren't we in deep shit anyways?),
and I also thought that the IFS Kit was NDA-free (the new IFS will actually
be included in the regular MSDN Subscription....). If it still has an NDA
attached to it, I'm sorry for the mistake.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu

-----Original Message-----
From: ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com [mailto:ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com]
On Behalf Of Steven Edwards
Sent: June 25, 2004 5:28 PM
To: ReactOS Kernel List
Subject: RE: [ros-kernel] RE: [ros-cvs] CVS Update: reactos

Hi Hartmut,
As far as the IFS kit I agree with you. If it has a NDA attached to it
then yet I dont think we can even look at it but with the PSDK or the
DDK would we not be allowed to at least look at the interfaces and
reimplement them provide we are not directly copying? Even code on MSDN
is copyright Microsoft. Can you point to me where in the EULA it says
you cannot use this information to develop software for a non Windows
operating system?

Thanks
Steven


--- Hartmut Birr <Hartmut.Birr at gmx.de> wrote:
> if you download and install the ddk, you must agree an EULA. The same
> occurs, if you get or buy the IFS kit. This EULA prevents you from
> using any
> informations from the ddk or the ifs kit for developing any piece of
> code
> for ROS. That is no problem for the informations of the ddk. This
> informations are available from the web without any restrictions. But
> you
> can not use the informations of the IFS kit. If you not respect the
> EULA or
> the rights from M$ and use the informations for ROS, do you expect
> that
> anybody respects your rights or the rights of the LGPL under which
> you
> contribute your code? If it is your attitude to ignore the rights of
> others
> for the development of ROS, then you are the wrong person for the ROS
> team.
> If this is the attitude of the ROS developer team, then I'm the wrong
> person
> for the ROS team. I need clarity for this point. 



		
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