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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That'd be a Nintendo reference, yes? Though I think somebody else stole Wine code and was caught. No huge consequences obviously.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Lol, and Rockstar selling Midnight Club 2 (IIRC) on Steam shipping with .exe file originally cracked by RAZOR 1911(source)

[–] Hexarei@programming.dev 0 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

WINE is open source, so it's not stealing to use it

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Still need to include where you got it from. Else it's like copying a degree thesis aka plagiarism.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Wrong, FOSS is not the same as PD.