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From:	"Doug Wyatt" <dwyatt AT sunflower DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date:	Sun, 21 Apr 2002 05:05:27 -0500
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Subject:	Re: Is Cygwin legal under Windows XP?
Reply-to:	dwyatt AT sunflower DOT com
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References:	<4471243492 DOT 20020421095401 AT familiehaase DOT de>

> You wrote in <4471243492 DOT 20020421095401 AT familiehaase DOT de>
> in gmane.os.cygwin on Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:54:01 +0200:
> 
> > > 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."
> > 
> > > That means using any software other than Microsoft's to view an XP
> > > desktop from Windows 2000 or any other operating system would violate
> > > the company's license agreement, in case you care.
> > 
> > That is not correct, you can use whatever software you want to as long
> > as your 'Device' has a XP license.
> 
> I've not read the full licence for XP but this passage taken alone
> would suggest that you need an extra licence for a monitor. After all,
> it's a separate device that displays the software and the UI. ;-)
> 
> -- 
> Sam Edge
> 
Or, Web servers which download Java, Javascript and ASP's.

What concerns me is the the apparent stricture on any non-MS
remote access to one's own PC via sshd!  I guess this would
even make PCAnywhere connections from a non-XP host illegal
w/o an additional XP license.

Doug



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