Comment by Udo
7 years ago
Never having had access to the NT kernel source, I don't actually know how deep these similarities go. When MS kernel engineers say those are not only superficial, I'm inclined to believe that until ReactOS have at least conducted an investigation.
It's a serious allegation that deserves more than a casual brush-off and some condescending statements about publicly available debug symbols. If MS is really full of shit, as I hope they are, they should be held accountable with more than a shrug and a smile. If ReactOS does contain copied code (and yes, that does include data structures as well as instructions), well then that should have consequences as well.
But how could ReactOS prove they didn't copy without having access to the NT source to show people differences? Unless there's some hard evidence, it shouldn't be up to the ReactOS team to provide evidence, but on the accuser.