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From:	mrfredbloggs AT altavista DOT co DOT uk (Fred Bloggs)
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Subject:	Re: Windows XP gotchas
Date:	28 Mar 2002 10:05:20 -0800
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CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message news:<3CA2E3A7 DOT D9B183F0 AT yahoo DOT com>...
> Terje Mathisen wrote:
> > 
> > Buried within the Windows XP licence is a statement that makes it
> > explicitely illegal to use any form of remote control sw not on a
> > pre-approved list (only MS apps are on this list: Suprised?).
> > 
> > If you still want to do it, you must first buy a separate XP
> > licence for each system that might use VNC or similar sw to take
> > control of the XP machine!
> 
> Forwarded from alt.folklore.computers without further comment.

Makes it illegal?! Cool! Can they pass whatever laws they like now,
just by sticking it in a contract?

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