Re: [ros-dev] Legal advice concerning contribution to ReactOS

[Matthias Kupfer]

Hello Tobias,

I think your situation is quite clear. The clause Microsoft or subsidiary 
focuses on the access to Microsoft source code or internal technology/research 
information. (David described that in more detail already.) As far as I know 
the Certified Partners are a kind of distributors classification only - it's 
for sales only and you'll not get in touch with any Microsoft internals. 
Partners are neither part of Microsoft nor subsidiaries. Having said this your 
contribution based on the facts you gave are safe.

Matthias Kupfer

Am Saturday 18 March 2017 13:21:13 schrieb tobias.k(a)posteo.de:
>   Hi, I've a question concerning legal restrictions.
> As mentioned on this
>  page
>
>  https://reactos.org/wiki/Subversion#Prerequisites
>
>  I'm not allowed to contribute to ReactOS when I'm an employee of
>  Microsoft or of any subsidiary of Microsoft.
>
>  In the past, I worked for a German company which was a Certified Partner
>  of Microsoft. As far as I know, it was not a subsidiary of Microsoft.
>  It's not even listed here
>
>  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Microsoft
>
>  (but I don't know if this list is complete).
>
>  Since a Certified Partner is not automatically a MS subsidiary or
>  equivalent to it in a sense (as I think), there shouldn't be a problem
>  for me contributing to ReactOS. Is there anybody who can confirm that?
>
>  Tobias
>
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