Microsoft warns source code downloaders
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
In an effort to protect its intellectual property, Microsoft is warning Internet users not to download the Windows source code that appeared online last week. Microsoft is sending warnings to users who search for the source code on peer-to-peer (P-to-P) file-swapping services and is mailing legal warnings to those who have already downloaded the secret programming code, Tom Pilla, a spokesman for the Redmond, Washington-based software maker said Wednesday.
Microsoft has also sent out hundreds of letters to people who have already downloaded the source code, Pilla said. Many have already responded by agreeing not to distribute the code and deleting it from their systems, he said.