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ReactOS™ Version 0.4.x
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Updated January 20, 2021
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1. What is ReactOS?
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ReactOS™ is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is
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compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows™ NT
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family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven).
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More information is available at: https://reactos.org/
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2. Relationship with the WINE project
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ReactOS has always intended to work with the WINE project to share as much
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programming effort as possible. This mainly concerns User Mode DLLs and
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still happens to a degree today. Other areas of cooperation lie in
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applications and testing suites.
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3. Future compatibility
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The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003
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compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with
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Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases.
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4. Supporting other System Applications
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The Windows NT architecture allows for subsystems, as does the ReactOS
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architecture. A subsystem is an implementation of the APIs of another
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operating system, allowing ReactOS to run applications from other systems.
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We are already looking at subsystems for: Java, OS/2, and DOS and possibly
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others in the future.
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5. Is ReactOS legal?
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Yes we are.
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All the code of ReactOS has been written from scratch by our developers.
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We go to great lengths to ensure that the code our developers create is clean,
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same applies to the variety of methods we use to understand Windows internals,
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including clean room reverse engineering, using existing documentation freely
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available both in books and on the web, using extensive tests (tens of millions)
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which apply black box engineering methods against both public and private APIs
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exposed by the operating system.
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6. Tutorials
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Developer and User Tutorials: https://reactos.org/wiki
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The tutorials contain more information on the project, compiling and testing
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ReactOS - amongst other topics. Contributors to the project are always welcome.
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7. Frequently Asked Questions
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Some of your questions may be answered in: https://reactos.org/faq/
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In addition, the ReactOS forum: https://reactos.org/forum/ may contain
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complementary, yet non-official, information.
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8. Authors and Credits
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----------------------
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Aleksandar Andrejevic
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Aleksey Bragin
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Alex Ionescu
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Alexander Shaposhnikov
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Amine Khaldi
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Andrew Greenwood
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Andrey Korotaev
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Art Yerkes
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Benedikt Freisen
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Brandon Turner
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Brian Palmer
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Cameron Gutman
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Casper Hornstrup
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Christoph von Wittich
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Colin Finck
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Daniel Reimer
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David Quintana
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David Welch
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Dmitry Chapyshev
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Emanuele Aliberti
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Eric Kohl
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Filip Navara
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Ged Murphy
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Gé van Geldorp
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Giannis Adamopoulos
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Gregor Anich
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Gregor Brunmar
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Gunnar Dalsnes
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Hermès Bélusca-Maïto
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Hervé Poussineau
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Jaix Bly
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James Tabor
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Jason Filby
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Jeffrey Morlan
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Jens Collin
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Jérôme Gardou
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Joachim Henze
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Johannes Anderwald
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Kamil Hornícek
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Katayama Hirofumi MZ
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KJK::Hyperion
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Klemens Friedl
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Maarten Bosma
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Magnus Olsen
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Marc Piulachs
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Mark Jansen
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Martin Fuchs
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Matthias Kupfer
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Michael Wirth
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Mike Nordell
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Mindflyer
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Nathan Woods
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Peter Hater
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Peter Ward
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Pierre Schweitzer
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Rex Jolliff
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Robert Dickenson
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Royce Mitchell III
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Saveliy Tretiakov
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Stanislav Motylkov
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Stefan Ginsberg
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Sylvain Petreolle
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Thomas Blümel
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Thomas Faber
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Timo Kreuzer
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Vadim Galyant
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Vizzini
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Wierd_W
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Z98
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Further thanks go to all Contributors and the Wine Team
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