On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 07:25:18AM -0500, Gabor D. Kiss wrote: > > > Why in the world would this be illegal?? I could understand MS having an > > interest in not having people do it, if they offer for sale something that > > has similar functionality. Maybe they even put something into XP to break > > vnc for this reason, which would be rotten but not inconceivable. But > > illegal? On what basis? > > You've read your shrink-wrap XP license agreement, right? The > 'equivalent functionality' that you have to pay for is Terminal > Server. > > "Except as otherwise permitted by the NetMeeting, Remote Assistance, > and Remote Desktop features described below, you may not use the > Product to permit any Device to use, access, display or run other > executable software residing on the Workstation Computer, nor may > you permit any Device to use, access, display, or run the Product > or Product's user interface, unless the Device has a separate > license for the Product." (from: Microsoft Windows XP Pro EULA) >
I've found a way to interpret it to make VNC legal. You are not running the another copy of product, you are only sending images, mouse motion and keypresses over network.l --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
