Re: [ros-dev] Legal advice concerning contribution to ReactOS

2017-03-19 Thread tobias . k
Much thanks to all of you, David, Matthias and Colin! These are good news for me. :) Colin Finck wrote: The sentence in the Wiki is simply too broad and should be changed. I highly aggree with Colin to **specify the conditions more precisely**. It should be easy -even for a non-lawyer- to un

Re: [ros-dev] Legal advice concerning contribution to ReactOS

2017-03-18 Thread Colin Finck
Am 18.03.2017 um 13:21 schrieb tobia...@posteo.de: > Hi, I've a question concerning legal restrictions. As mentioned on this > page > > https://reactos.org/wiki/Subversion#Prerequisites > > I'm not allowed to contribute to ReactOS when I'm an employee of > Microsoft or of any subsidiary of Micros

Re: [ros-dev] Legal advice concerning contribution to ReactOS

2017-03-18 Thread Matthias Kupfer
Hello Tobias, I think your situation is quite clear. The clause Microsoft or subsidiary focuses on the access to Microsoft source code or internal technology/research information. (David described that in more detail already.) As far as I know the Certified Partners are a kind of distributors c

Re: [ros-dev] Legal advice concerning contribution to ReactOS

2017-03-18 Thread David Quintana (gigaherz)
Hello, First of all, I'm not qualified to give you a definitive answer, and anything I say is only my personal belief. I'm not a lawyer or anything close to one. I'm jsut writing to give you an approximation of an answer while you wait for the proper answer by someone who is qualified. I believe

[ros-dev] Legal advice concerning contribution to ReactOS

2017-03-18 Thread tobias . k
Hi, I've a question concerning legal restrictions. As mentioned on this page https://reactos.org/wiki/Subversion#Prerequisites I'm not allowed to contribute to ReactOS when I'm an employee of Microsoft or of any subsidiary of Microsoft. In the past, I worked for a German company which was a