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How is this legal?

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• reaperman 2y ago
  It isn't, but the rights-holder (MSFT) is very unlikely to care. VB6 is 26-33 years old, so this doesn't threaten any of their profits in any way.
• Dwedit 2y ago
  I think the only parts actually infringed are the icons. (Not a lawyer)
• peutetre 2y ago
  I don't think Microsoft will care. Visual Basic has been relegated to second tier status: https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2023/02/08/language-update.aspx https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2023/02/08/languag... VBScript is to be axed: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-start-killing-off-vbscript-in-second-half-of-2024/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to...