Any lawyer will probably say it infringes EULA or whatever -- it just does not matter.
VFP EULA was written 20 years ago, when IP on software was still an important deal. The only goal for Microsoft selling dev. S/W was to sell windows. They would have given it away for free if it hadn't killed companies selling other dev. tools for Windows like Borland or Windev. FOSS came around since, and the cloud, and Microsoft no longer cares about IP on dev tools, if ever they really did. They will even release .Net as FOSS. Microsoft has said and written that VFP was a 'niche' market, too small for their business, I don't know how they could convince a court that modifying the VFP runtime can do them any harm. Mr. Chen and others keeping 100s of thousands of software running on Windows is for the whole benefit of Microsoft -- Suing them would be like shooting a bullet in their own foot.
Thierry Nivelet
Le 02/03/2016 09:39, Wollenhaupt, Christof a écrit :
Has anyone heard of this compiler? If so, any comments about it? http://www.baiyujia.com/vfpcompiler/en/default.asp
It seems to work. However it relies on modified VFP runtime files and disassembly of the original files. There are also modified copyright statements in the product. This might or might not be legal in your country and additionally might require that you get in writing from Microsoft that they won't release a 64-bit version, or fix any of the bugs. That's the case in Europe, anyways.
I'd consult a lawyer that specializes in intellectual property and liability issues, but that's just me.