There were some notes on the wiki that it was unlawful to use the trace function to develop wine.
> You are not allowed to analyze Windows files with the trace functions of Wine
What does this precisely mean? Does it mean we can't submit logs to bug reports that include
trace messages?
In Europe the legal situation is like this
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex ... 022:EN:PDF
under the software directive.
Use of the Wine trace function
Re: Use of the Wine trace function
This is (probably) against the rules/ copyright of MicrosoftYou are not allowed to analyze Windows files with the trace functions of Wine
From the pdf:
A person having a right to use a computer program
should not be prevented from performing acts
necessary to observe, study or test the functioning of
the program, provided that those acts do not infringe
the copyright in the program.
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Re: Use of the Wine trace function
IANAL, but AFAIK the situation is the following:
You can use tracing to debug a windows program.
You can't use tracing it to find out how windows components work. For example, when you use a dll override for d3dx9_43.dll, tracing might give you information how that dll works. And you're not supposed to use it like that.
You can use tracing to debug a windows program.
You can't use tracing it to find out how windows components work. For example, when you use a dll override for d3dx9_43.dll, tracing might give you information how that dll works. And you're not supposed to use it like that.
Re: Use of the Wine trace function
Thank you very much. That is very useful information.
