You hit the nail on the head as far as general implications of the wording go; I think my points from the "Newbie question" post make some sense based on paranoia about implications of workstation multi-user access.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-04-23 13:23 Subject: RE: What is the word here about Microsoft, VNC and XP? > My understanding (and I'm certainly NOT a lawyer) is that this stuff is > technically illegal for a monopoly (in the US at least). But my personal > thought is that this wording is in their legal document in the future event > that it is enforceable. OK, so a change in law may not be retro-active, but > it could suddenly force a whole bunch of competitors instantaneous problems. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:53 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: What is the word here about Microsoft, VNC and XP? > > > The funny thing is that in Gates demo of "the home of tomorrow" > you can get your windows desktop anywhere in the house....hmmm, > embrace and extend anyone? > > Microsoft's XP license agreement says, "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." > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
