From: Rick Moen (rick at domain linuxmafia.com)
Date: Tue 25 Sep 2001 - 19:55:27 IST
begin Ronny B quotation:
> I think there was an update about that on "News for Nerds, Nerds that
> Matter"; the EULA for Frontpage stated that you couldn't use the
> Frontpage *logo* if you made a page with negative remarks about MS.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/21/1438251
A mild controvery occured yesterday in a story claiming Microsoft
prohibits anti-ms speech if you use Frontpage. Here is a followup
submitted by Reyacta from the original author: "Several readers have
told me their EULA for FrontPage 2002 does not contain the
no-disparaging-MS term, or that the term only applies to the FrontPage
logo or to the Web components like the MSNBC news headline component.
Just to be sure, this afternoon I went down to the store and bought a
copy of FrontPage 2002 myself. In the box was the "Microsoft Frontpage
2002" license on a four-page folded sheet, titled "End- User License
Agreement For Microsoft Software." Under Section #1, Grant of License,
the second paragraph headed "Restrictions" states in part: "You may not
use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft,
MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services, infringe any
intellectual property or other rights of these parties, violate any
state, federal or international law, or promote racism, hatred or
pornography." (Not only a stunning example of legal overreaching, in my
opinion, but very poor grammar as well.) It appears to me to clearly
apply to use of the program as a whole and not just the logo or Web
components. I suspect that there are different versions of the EULA of
FrontPage 2002. Perhaps the license was updated for the most recent SKU,
or versions obtained through different channels don't yet have it. I'm
going to try to get Microsoft to clarify where this EULA does and
doesn't appear, but I'm not sure they will be very anxious to provide me
with that information.
-- "Is it not the beauty of an asynchronous form of discussion that one can go and make cups of tea, floss the cat, fluff the geraniums, open the kitchen window and scream out it with operatic force, volume, and decorum, and then return to the vexed glowing letters calmer of mind and soul?" -- The Cube, forum3000.org
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