Comment by reuben_scratton
7 years ago
I hadn't heard of ReactOS but a quick glance at it's kernel source on GitHub and it's OBVIOUSLY straight from Windows.
Not that I work for MS but I used to work on NT graphics drivers and had a copy of the leaked NT kernel source for a while (strictly for personal interest!). This so very like what I remember.
IMHO such blatant theft shouldn't really go unpunished.
I kind of doubt this is the case, because more than 10 years ago they had accusations of this sort and undertook an extensive audit and cleanroom rewrite: https://www.reactos.org/reset-reboot-restart-legal-issues-an...