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Microsoft’s original source code

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617 points EvgeniyZh | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 21:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.285s | source
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switch007 ◴[04 Apr 25 00:35 UTC] No.43577128[source]▶
Guys, even reading this article could land you in jail!! Reading the code will forever taint your knowledge and cause every line you write to be subject to a lawsuit !! Stay safe !11

(Anyone else remember 2004, how scared everyone was when the Windows 2000 source was leaked?)

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1. timewizard ◴[04 Apr 25 06:43 UTC] No.43579030[source]▶
> and cause every line you write to be subject to a lawsuit

See: Oracle v Google.

> Anyone else remember 2004

Remember John Ashcroft? The legal system was not as sophisticated then as it is now and juries were unlikely to penetrate even the basic issues of a case.