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Wine 9.0 is now available
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Paragraph «Don't», bullet point number 3: Don't look at any Microsoft source code. https://wiki.winehq.org/Clean_Room_Guidelines
Lol.
Imagine shooting yourselves in the foot like this.
Guess that rule was in place because some people would look at it and proceed to copy it. The rule should be "if you copy code from Microsoft you'll be kicked from the project and the code removed". While I see why this is place and what it protect the project from this is also a very big roadblock to the project's evolution and a clear example of what's wrong with it and why we still have compatibility issues.
That's a lot of words to emphasize you don't understand copyright law
Succinctly.
If only there were ways to subvert copyright law...
Nope, because if you write code and they can prove you were influenced by leaked proprietary code in any way then they will sue the shit out of you and shut you down.
Also see Halt and Catch Fire for a show with this as a plot point. It's very real though.