[OT] is wine completely legal (and will it stay so) ?

[Joris Huizer]

--- Louis LeBlanc <wine at keyslapper.org> wrote:
> On 04/26/03 07:54 AM, Joris Huizer sat at the `puter
> and typed:
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > I have the following question: as most of us know,
> MS
> > is kind of paranoid about people copying and/or
> > stealing their products (maybe because they
> themselves
> > have done it so much ? ) 
> > 
> > As wine is implementing windows dlls and stuff -
> how
> > can it stay legal (assuming MS 's using every
> possible
> > legal method to prevent any copying) ?
> > 
> > Just a question which seems a bit troubling... I'm
> > probably missing something obvious !
> 
> I sincerely doubt that MS could find a legal let to
> stand on.  First
> of all, there are lots of SW vendors that could care
> less where you
> run their stuff, so long as you pay for it and don't
> copy it or
> install it on more systems than you have license
> for.
> 
> As I understand it, the dll implementations present
> in wine are
> actually implemented based on the limited
> information that MS has made
> available publicly anyway.  Much of it is done by
> trial and error to
> fix the occasional misinterpretation
> (misinformation?) of the way the
> interface should work.

I see - so that's the main job ...

> 
> They can give you a hard time about running their
> Apps on a
> non-windoze OS, but they can't tell you where to run
> another vendors
> apps.
> 

If I would install, say, Internet Explorer, they could
cause trouble ? Hmmm...
Well, I've tried installing but the thing protested I
didn't have media player (why does it care about that
?? ) and then broke off the installation or something

> So, Yeah.  I think it will always be considered
> legal.
> 
> Lou
> -- 
> Louis LeBlanc                  wine at keyslapper.org
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Allright, thanks for the info

Joris


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