Microsoft Warning Leaked Code Traders

An anonymous reader writes "Broadand Reports notes that Microsoft is now sending snail mail warnings to downloaders of the leaked source code. They're also apparently working in conjunction with several un-named peer to peer vendors to send out legal warnings to any users who search for the leaked code. The notice on Microsoft's website has been updated to reflect the new warnings."

Comments

Re:Best threat of all

[gregfortune]

What I'm worried about is the implication this has in tainting developers of open source projects... If I *had* downloaded the source when it was available and my IP was logged as a result, MS could easily claim that new code I write is taking advantages of things I learned by reading their source even though I might not have ever opened the zip file.

Several people have already posted replies to this article saying that they downloaded it or that they found these cool comments or ..... Please, do me a favor and never come close to one of my projects.

You download it, they own you.