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[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They likely have patents on a number of things implemented in Wine/Proton. Clean-room implementation is also good, buy would cover copyright, not patent.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

WINE stands for “WINE Is Not an Emulator”; they’re not reimplementing Microsoft libraries. No patents to violate.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's not how it works, but ok

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