On 2004-02-13, at 18.02, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
juergen.schmied@debitel.net wrote:
Use common sense.
IANAL The intelectual property law governing this case is the trade secret law. It says that the information is illegal to use if the recipient knows, or should have known, that it originated with illegally distributed trade secret.
Well, if you read through the code, to understand it, but you not even try to imitate or copy it. Just write brand new code, that does the same thing but in a slightly other way?
If someone answers a question on this list, you use common sense to figure out. If the answer is something along the lines of "MS uses a variable named hSoAndSo to pass the handle from InternalGetSoAndSo to UndocumentedSomethingOrOther", you use your common sense and ask where that info comes from before you put it in. If the information seems like something someone reasonably versed in the internals of Windows would know without breaking confidentiality contracts, go ahead and use it.
The way I understand it, if everyone on this list avoid doing things we all know are not proper, Wine will be ok.
Shachar