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CrzyCrakr
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join:2005-06-24
Edgewater, MD
1 edit | reply to SNT
Re: Fast!!
Using IE in anything other than Windows is breaking the EULA of IE. That is like saying...xbox games are free cuz you have a modded xbox and you copy games so you can play them. You are just circumventing the rule.
And to quote the EULA...
"NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALID EULA FOR ANY "OS PRODUCT" (MICROSOFT WINDOWS
95, MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98, MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION 4.0, MICROSOFT
WINDOWS NT SERVER 4.0, MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT SERVER, ENTERPRISE EDITION 4.0 OR
MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT SERVER 4.0, TERMINAL SERVER EDITION), YOU ARE NOT
AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, COPY, OR OTHERWISE USE THE OS COMPONENTS AND YOU HAVE
NO RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA."
»www.microsoft.com/msdownload/iep···ense.txt
So IE is NOT free. | |
SNT
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join:2002-07-17
Satellite Beach, FL
| 3 problems with that EULA.
1. ...any "OS Product"
Linux is an OS Product.
2. The list of OS's does NOT include XP
and 3. By that same EULA,
"The OS Components are provided to you by Microsoft to update,
supplement, or replace existing functionality of the applicable OS Product.
In the event your OS Product is a version of Windows NT Server, the OS
Components are deemed "Client Software." Microsoft grants you a license to use
the OS Components under the terms and conditions of the OS Product EULA for
the applicable OS Product (which are hereby incorporated by reference) and the
terms and conditions set forth in this Supplemental EULA, provided that you
comply with all such terms and conditions. To the extent that any terms in
this Supplemental EULA conflict with terms in the applicable OS Product EULA,
the terms of this Supplemental EULA control solely with respect to the OS
Components."
According to this, IE is not an OS component so the paragraph you quoted doesn't apply.
In conclusion,
Linux + Wine = Free IE. | |
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