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From: info AT hoekstra-uitgeverij DOT nl (Richard Bos)
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Subject: Re: Windows XP gotchas
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 14:50:58 GMT
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jcmorris AT mitre DOT org (Joe Morris) wrote:

> If anyone wants to see the license text, it can be found in the file
> d:\I386\EULA.TXT on the XP disk: it's the last sentence in the first
> bullet item under the heading "GRANT OF LICENSE":
> 
>                     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.   

Bah. This means, if you interpret it anally enough[1], that you cannot
use XP on a network at all. After all, if someone opens a file on your
network, this means that part of the disk control software on your
computer must be executed, at his command.

You know, I keep hoping someone finally uses M$'s blunders to convince
the public that M$ OSes are not suitable for commercial use, but the
public probably isn't that bright. Pity.

Richard

[1] And for anal, you just cannot beat M$'s law creeps.