[sent to al-q; does [EMAIL PROTECTED] forward there?] At 06:25 PM 2/12/04 -0500, Riad S. Wahby wrote: >Among others, /. is reporting that Win2k and WinNT source code may >have leaked.
The horror, the horror. >Lots has been said about OSS developers not wanting to look at this >for fear that they will be "tainted." While it is true that simply >the act of looking at the code is unauthorized and illegal, If you didn't steal it, its not your problem if you read it. I wonder >if there is any truth to the claim that a developer who looked at >Windows source would endanger future projects (assuming, of course, >that simple copying---which is clearly illegal---doesn't happen). How would M$ show that you had in fact read the code? And if you didn't copy it, why would a court care?
