Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 21st Nov 2006 17:47 UTC, submitted by fireball
ReactOS, the open source implementation of a Windows XP/2003 compatible operating system, just published a new interview in their series of interviews with ReactOS developers. Today's interview features the most active kernel developer Alex Ionescu.
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2005-07-07
There's no doubt Alex is great with a disassembler. The problem is ofcourse that he uses that skill to translate disassembled Microsoft code to C and then commits that to ReactOS, thereby violating Microsofts copyrights. An example of that is the fastcall entry code (referenced by mike_m above).
A quote from the TinyKrnl (one of his projects) FAQ at http://www.tinykrnl.org/about_faq.htm
TinyKRNL is a research project as well as contains possibly Microsoft copyrighted or patented technologies or code
Another quote, from the interview:
It’s expected that it [TinyKRNL] will share a lot of its kernel and HAL code with ReactOS
Now, put one and one together and tell me if you still think Alex is the best thing that happened to the ReactOS project.
Alex seems to be very confused about copyright and licenses. The TinyKRNL about page says TinyKRNL will be released under the BSD license but then goes on to state that commercial use is not allowed. The BSD license allows unlimited commercial use. Besides, how you can release code copyrighted by Microsoft under the BSD is beyond me.