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Wine doesn't allow contributions from people that have seen the Windows source code[0]. I'm not sure of other projects with similar restrictions though.

[0]: https://wiki.winehq.org/Developer_FAQ#Who_can.27t_contribute...




Same with ReactOS, and they have experienced lawsuits because of someone trying to contribute leaked code.


How do they know if someone has seen the source code or not?


They do not. It is a honour code.


Yes that seems very easy to enforce.

I bet 99% of Wine core developers have at least skimmed through the Windows 2000 leak at some point.


99%? Do you actually believe that?




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