![]() Game was playable but when launching several disasters one after one, you could crash the game or entire OS again. Attempt to copy SimCity 3000 Unlimited to ReactOS from shell (which was being rewritten at that time) resulted in hang of it for minutes, which forced me to use Command Prompt. I remember Word 2003 crashing entire OS when you typed just some words and clicked a few buttons. It was 0.3.16 release when I joined the community, and it was major bugs here and there. And this is why I have got away from Windows betas. Generally, less than 20-30 simultaneously active developers, this huge feat is achieved. ReactOS has the spirit, and witnessing its development is just wonderful. Hi everyone, I'm coming from ReactOS Community. This, of course, has huge implications for tech, and puts a lot of both open and closed source software at risk. Oracle sued, and while the district court and jury ruled in Google's favour, the Federal Circuit recently overturned both rulings, claiming that simply the structure, sequence, and organization of API packages are not a method of operation and entitled to copyright protection: ![]() In Android, Google made it's own version of Java, sharing the same names, organization, and functionality as real Java, but with it's own code made from scratch. However, what is and isn't protected may change. For example, software and design (like the taskbar) can be patented in USA. ![]() What is and isn't considered infringement also depends on jurisdiction. So the organizers audited the code, and required contributors to agree to clean room development policies - where the authors don't see decompiled code. The contributor claimed it was similar because there was only one way to accomplish the function, and should be considered a re-implementation, not copied. In the mid 2000s, a developer claimed ReactOS contained copyrighted Microsoft code. Since ReactOS doesn't use Windows code, it will never behave exactly like Windows code. So you can write code that does the same things as Windows, but you can't use Windows code. But creating a program from scratch that doesn't use any copyrighted code but does the same things is not, as copyright does not extend to any "idea, procedure, process, system, or method of operation" contained by the work. ![]() The code that makes up Windows is protected by copyright, so modifying or redistributing any of it could be considered infringement. Reverse engineering is legal though under DMCA laws so what are they complying with? ![]()
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