Steven Edwards wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 8:57 PM, James Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> They can also read the NDA I'm sure they had to sign before >> participating in the program. >> > > There is no NDA as far as I am aware. The license restrictions are > that you can't copy and paste anything but your free to take what > learn. They want to spawn a whole generation of Windows Kernel > developers that know the internals of the OS so they can write device > drivers and the like and supplant using Linux/Unix as a learning tool > in the university. > > "You may use any information in intangible form that you remember > after accessing the software. However, this right does not grant you a > license to any of Microsoft's copyrights or patents for anything you > might create using such information." > > That's about as simple as it gets. They cannot contribute to Wine without breaking this.
James McKenzie