:Microsoft Watch: Are Wine Users Just 'Whining' About Microsoft's Anti-Piracy Plans?
Microsoft Watch: Are Wine Users Just 'Whining' About Microsoft's Anti-Piracy Plans? Feb 18, 2005, 21 :15 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (9286 reads) (Other stories by Mary Jo Foley)
"Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program has had its share of critics. But this week, a number of open-source advocates joined the ranks of those questioning Microsoft's methods for thwarting software piracy.
"On Wednesday, a developer of Wine--an open-source implementation of the Windows application-programming interface that allows Windows applications to run on Unix and Linux--said he discovered that Microsoft's Windows validation tool checks for Wine and generates an error when it is found..."