[ros-dev] GPL Microsoft Code in the CRT

[Mike Swanson]

If Microsoft contributes to GPL software, why shouldn't we re-use that
code? IIRC, ReactOS is about a free Windows implementation, not an
anti-Microsoft implementation.

On 11/27/05, TwoTailedFox <twotailedfox at gmail.com> wrote:
> What portions of code are affected, exactly?
>
> On 11/27/05, Steven Edwards <winehacker at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > There is some code in the C Runtime that was part of the Win32 port of
> > perl. As such it carries the copyright Microsoft. I suggest we remove
> > and rewrite these functions, as this will hinder us from being able to
> > say
> >
> > "ReactOS is 100% free of Microsoft Code"
> >
> > Even if it is GPL it does not sit well with me. Anyone up to help on this?
> >
> > --
> > Steven Edwards - ReactOS and Wine developer
> >
> > "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
> > that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
> >
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Mike