Comment by dejaime
7 years ago
What goes around, comes around. Stealing code is on Microsoft records, as a simple "Microsoft admits stealing code" search shows. One can only wonder how much code the company stole that did not come to public knowledge.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2522017/microsoft-admi...
Also many of the .wav files in Windows 98SE were edited with a pirated version of Sony's Soundforge, the metadata in the media files contained the Soundforge cracker's name.
As far as I could research, I only found articles about Windows XP. Close enough. https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pirated-software-used-to-crea...
These .wav files might be made by person who works under Microsoft contract, not necessarily directly employed by Microsoft.
Which, of course, makes it perfectly acceptable?
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That sort of shit is relevant only to lawyers. A salaried sound designer could have lied to Microsoft just as easily. The nature of the offense isn't actually being changed in any practical sense between the two scenarios.