Re: [ros-general] ReactOS IP Policy Document

[Ralph Shumaker]

Jason Filby wrote:

>  Hi all
>
> Thanks to everyone for the feedback regarding the IP Policy. Find the
> latest revision attached. Unless there are any more objections I'll
> publish this copy.
>
> Thanks
> Jason
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> REACTOS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT POLICY
> 2 February 2005
>
>   
>  
>  The "Microsoft" and "Windows" marks
> are property of Microsoft Corp.
>
> I.  INTRODUCTION
>
> Because of the nature of the ReactOS Project, copyright, patent, and other
> legal issues regularly arise in the course of development.  This document
> analyzes each of these areas law and explores implications for ReactOS
> development.
>   
>  
I still think that "areas law" should be "areas of law".


>  C.  Copyrights of Others
>
> The ReactOS Project depends on copyright law for the protection of its code,
> and by the same token, it respects the copyrights of others.
>
> Following are the policies of the ReactOS Project as they relate to copyright:
>
> 1) Code copying is absolutely never allowed, unless the copied code is in the
>    public domain or is distributed under a Free software license which permits
>    is combination with a GPL program, such as ReactOS (i.e. is GPL Compatible).
>    You should always assume that you do not have a license unless you are
>    explicitly given one.
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>  
I still say "permits is combination" should be "permits its
combination".

It looks like you got the rest of my suggestions.