Re: [ros-dev] GPL Microsoft Code in the CRT

[Mike Swanson]

If Microsoft contributes to GPL software, why shouldn't we re-use that
code? IIRC, ReactOS is about a free Windows implementation, not an
anti-Microsoft implementation.

On 11/27/05, TwoTailedFox <twotailedfox(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>   What portions of code are affected, exactly?
>
>  On 11/27/05, Steven Edwards <winehacker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >   Hi,
> >  There is some code in the C Runtime that was part of the Win32 port of
> >  perl. As such it carries the copyright Microsoft. I suggest we remove
> >  and rewrite these functions, as this will hinder us from being able to
> >  say
> >
> >  "ReactOS is 100% free of Microsoft Code"
> >
> >  Even if it is GPL it does not sit well with me. Anyone up to help on this?
> >
> >  --
> >  Steven Edwards - ReactOS and Wine developer
> >
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> >  that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
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