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by ranger_danger 588 days ago
How is this legal?
3 comments

I don't think Microsoft will care. Visual Basic has been relegated to second tier status:

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2023/02/08/languag...

VBScript is to be axed:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to...

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.
I think the only parts actually infringed are the icons. (Not a lawyer)