[legal] eligibility for contributing code to ReactOS for students / graduates of a course derived from the Microsoft Windows Acadamic Program

[Mark Farnell]

If a student is currently taking, or has previously taken a course
derived from the Microsoft Windows Academic Program

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/windowsacademic/default.mspx

which contains the curriculum resource kit, Windows Research Kernel
(containing Windows XP x64 amd Server 2003 SP1 kernel sources) and
Project OZ,

will they become *ineligible* to contribute code to the ReactOS
project in the future?

Thanks!

Mark

[Steven Edwards]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Mark Farnell [e-mail] wrote:
> will they become *ineligible* to contribute code to the ReactOS
> project in the future?

We spoke on the Wine list. The answer here is a short no you won't be
ineligible, and there is a more long winded answer. I still highly
suggest you talk to the Software Freedom Law Center and the Samba
project and let Wine and ReactOS know what you find. Make sure you ask
if any sort of restriction ever expires.

Thanks
-- 
Steven Edwards

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

[James Tabor]

Hi,
I'm interested in finding out too. But,,,,, We are still a GNU project
and reject anything and everything
SFLC/Codeweavers. Remember, they do not want us and like wise.

Thanks,
James

Reference:
http://www.reactos.org/archives/public/ros-dev/2007-September/009851.html

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Steven Edwards [e-mail] wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Mark Farnell [e-mail] wrote:
> > will they become *ineligible* to contribute code to the ReactOS
> > project in the future?
>
> We spoke on the Wine list. The answer here is a short no you won't be
> ineligible, and there is a more long winded answer. I still highly
> suggest you talk to the Software Freedom Law Center and the Samba
> project and let Wine and ReactOS know what you find. Make sure you ask
> if any sort of restriction ever expires.
> Thanks
>
> Steven Edwards

[James Tabor]

Hi,
We like to consider ourselves a free open source GNU project. Please
reference http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html.gz#Reading-Non_002dFree-Cod...,
just replace UNIX with Microsoft. We at ReactOS believe in fairness
and forgiveness.
Thanks,
James

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Mark Farnell [e-mail] wrote:
> If a student is currently taking, or has previously taken a course
> derived from the Microsoft Windows Academic Program
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/windowsacademic/default.mspx
>
> which contains the curriculum resource kit, Windows Research Kernel
> (containing Windows XP x64 amd Server 2003 SP1 kernel sources) and
> Project OZ,
>
> will they become *ineligible* to contribute code to the ReactOS
> project in the future?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark