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

[Alan Bort]

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El sáb, 26 de 04 de 2003 a las 13:44, Joris Huizer escribió:
> --- 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
> > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
> > http://www.keyslapper.org                     ԿԬ
> > 
> > Epperson's law:
> >   When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's
> > probably
> >   something his wife can beat him at.
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> 
> 
> Allright, thanks for the info
> 
> Joris
> 
> 
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