![]() ![]() ![]() While developers comb through the code base, members of the project will also define what is acceptable for contributors’ interaction with Windows and its code base. The audit is expected to set the project back by about a year, he said, but making the move would be better for the project in the long term because solidifying and enforcing standards could prevent a lawsuit being filed against it in the future. So, just to be sure of that, we’re going to audit the code base.” “We just want to standardize our practices in the clean room method to make sure we can’t get sued down the line. Leaks of parts of the source code for Windows 2000 and NT have been circulating on the Internet for a few years, but “there is nothing in the code base that we believe is a copy and paste from a leaked bad source,” Edwards said. ![]() The OS also will not be available for download while developers perform a full review of the 3 million or so lines in the ReactOS code base.Ī letter posted to the ReactOS Web site included three specific tasks developers will take on as a result of the concerns: Clarify the ReactOS Intellectual Property Policy Statement requirements for clean room reverse engineering to conform to those required by US law audit the ReactOS code base and rewrite any code that was not implemented along the clarified guidelines and require developers contributing major code to the project to sign a document that says they agree to the project’s policies.Īccording to Steven Edwards, the recently elected project coordinator for ReactOS, developers on the project have raised the possibility that a developer had reverse-engineered a part of the Windows code in violation of US copyright and trade secrecy laws and practices. ReactOS, the 10-year-old project to create a functional, free, and open source version of Windows NT, suspended development on January 27 after a meeting to discuss whether leaked code had been added to the project’s code base. The ReactOS team has suspended development to do a code review amid concerns that stolen code from the world’s most used OS found its way into the project. ![]()
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