Interesting, but I’d really like it if they actually pointed out some examples. There may in fact be stolen source code or at least it is possible some stolen source code was referenced in ReactOS - there’s virtually no way to prove that it didn’t happen - but one human’s observation could be very flawed and represent a view extrapolated from a small subset of stolen code. How much of the code could they have possibly read?
It’s also worth noting that large portions of ReactOS come from Wine and I’m sure those portions have plenty of internal NT structures too.
The bits about NT not being documented are bordering silly, though. The lack of documentation has certainly never stopped anyone. Stardock for example does some very interesting and very undocumented things, as do many (most?) DRM and obfuscation engines.
Personally, I think that if ReactOS has really stolen substantial amounts of code, then it genuinely didn’t pay off and probably was not that useful.
It’s also worth noting that large portions of ReactOS come from Wine and I’m sure those portions have plenty of internal NT structures too.
The bits about NT not being documented are bordering silly, though. The lack of documentation has certainly never stopped anyone. Stardock for example does some very interesting and very undocumented things, as do many (most?) DRM and obfuscation engines.
Personally, I think that if ReactOS has really stolen substantial amounts of code, then it genuinely didn’t pay off and probably was not that useful.