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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

Last time I checked, it was not illegal to write disparaging remarks against
Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products. Maybe their lobbyists are
working on it. I wonder if this applies to coverage of the MS Antitrust
trials. It would be interesting to see MS sue the US government for posting
the trial transcript if the web site was maintained with Frontpage. If I
read the is EULA, if there is one disparaging remark anywhere on a site,
this version of Frontpage could not be used on any other part of the site.

Since it also applies to products, does that mean I couldn't post a review
of any MS product if I wanted to mention any shortcoming, even if it was
fact and not opinion?

Has anyone seen this EULA and can attest to its existence?

David

On 9/25/01 10:49 AM, "Chris Owens" <internetworkers_box AT reality-v2-dev.com>
wrote:

> Seems like a CYA thing so they don't get slapped with lawsuits like the
> gun manufacturers, at least as far as the law/racism/hatred/porn stuff
> goes.
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Owens
> chris.owens AT reality-v2.com
> 919.345.4339 mobile
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Minton [mailto:david AT designhammer.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:16 AM
> To: InterNetWorkers
> Subject: [internetworkers] MS FrontPage Restricts Free Speech?
> 
> Anyone follow the story on Slashdot concerning some interesting text in
> the
> EULA for Frontpage 2002? It seems Microsoft is now limiting the content
> one
> can create with their products. This is pretty scary stuff. I wonder if
> they
> can extend this to the EULA for the Windows Operating System.
> 
> While I have not read the license agreement myself (and this may be a
> hoax)
> the following is from Slashdot:
> 
> 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."
> 
> For the complete story:
> 
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/21/1438251
> 
> David
> 
> 
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