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9 hours ago, Vishera said:

React OS uses the Windows NT kernel

It does not. It does, however, use its own kernel which is (mostly) API-compatible with NT.

Just as legal or illegal as Wine.

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Why would it be illegal?

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15 minutes ago, f23948 said:

I did look up on Google it says illegal. Can I still use reactos in virtualbox without networking?

you may have looked up reactors, in which case, google took the nuclear option and told you it was illegal.

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1 minute ago, kamonanban said:

you may have looked up reactors, in which case, google took the nuclear option and told you it was illegal.

 

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14 minutes ago, Middcore said:

Why would it be illegal?

React OS uses the Windows NT kernel,

But i think that they reverse engineered it and rewritten it so it should be in the clear.

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No. https://reactos.org/wiki/ReactOS_FAQ

 

8 minutes ago, Middcore said:

Why would it be illegal?

There has been legality concerns due to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS#Internal_audit

and the Oracle VS Google API Copyright battle that lasted from 2010 to 2021.

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these results im guessing

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they are from 2015 and 2006, you should be ok

however, do not take legal advice from an online forum, we are not lawyers, and this is NOT legal advice

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