https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50464
--- Comment #7 from Ben Shefte shefben@gmail.com --- I'm a little confused with what you are saying. The WineHQ wiki says for obvious reasons: don't look at or use any leaked code. Understandable, especially because its illegal. The wiki also says Google is our friend.
But from what I read; ReactOS was within legal limits with its work.. The articles I have read could be wrong i guess. I also was under the impression both Wine and ReactOS worked closely together.
But that leads me to an interesting problem/question: How could wine have gotten as far as it has without ANY disassembly? I know ms documentation gives SOME information. But If everyone was being honest; how many of the patches people add are not from disassembled code?
My thing is, if I use information from some place; I add the URL to my patches. How many of the people who submit patches do the same? i.e. Link to the things they referenced? Very little from what I have seen on https://source.winehq.org/patches/
It is the exact reason I wont submit patches through there, I feel as though everything I do will get shot down; so I just wait for someone else to submit a patch that is up to standards there.
I understand The legal implications to it, but I am confused at where the line is drawn when it comes to looking for information on google (which your WIKI does recommend) and how you can be certain some code you find is not disassembled (I'm not talking about code that is mostly inline (dis)assembly for obvious reasons)
I just want the WIKI to be MUCH more definitive/precise on what IS and IS NOT allowed.