Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Sam Edge To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Is Cygwin legal under Windows XP? Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:25:30 +0100 Organization: . Message-ID: References: <3CC21265 DOT 9785 DOT 87782974 AT localhost> <4471243492 DOT 20020421095401 AT familiehaase DOT de> In-Reply-To: <4471243492.20020421095401@familiehaase.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Posting-Agent: Hamster/1.3.23.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id g3L9iHD14316 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/