<div class="gmail_quote"><div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I heard that Wine uses Windows apps like [...]<br></blockquote>
<div><br>Where did you hear this? That is a sincere question as somebody needs correcting.<br><br><br>Rather than people individually answering how each element of Wine is coded, how about this: the core wine system, including its regedit, notepad, etc applications are all written <i>for</i> wine by people with no access to comparative Microsoft code. I believe that last bit is Wine contribution policy: If you've seen copyright MS code, you're not allowed in to avoid copyright issues. I could be wrong - check the docs if you care.<br>
<br>Apps you install on Wine (including IE) keeps its original copyrights and licenses. When you install IE, you're installing a Microsoft product it as you would on a Windows machine. License-wise, nothing changes so if the EULA says you can only run it on a genuine copy of Windows, you cannot install it under Wine and remain under the EULA. <br>
<br>There <i>are</i> MS products with this clause in their EULA but it's your choice if you want to follow them... Or if they're even enforceable or not... Well... let's not get into that.<br></div></div>