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@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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