If you do an investigation / code digging similar to this with Microsoft code (or any code that contains a similar license), could this create legal issues if later you decide to write open source code that operates similarly or performs a similar function?
This is just a random thought that I'm curious about. I'm not trying to troll the topic.
I believe that's the reason that the Mono project specifically disallows contributions from anyone who has laid eyes on any of the .Net source code, although it's still a somewhat gray area AFAIK.
This is just a random thought that I'm curious about. I'm not trying to troll the topic.