Non-MS Remote Access to XP Violates License (?!?)

From: Mark Boyden (mark.boyden@ATHENSGROUP.COM)
Date: 04/22/02 

Date:         Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:30:04 -0500
From: Mark Boyden <mark.boyden@ATHENSGROUP.COM>
To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM

I know this isn't really a bug, unless you think stupid marketing is a bug, but
a colleague reported this issue to me, and I've seen questions like this before
on this listserv. Has anybody else heard anything about it? Is it a true
understanding of what Microsoft intends out of this?

I don't see how they could include such a clause in their license agreement. It
doesn't violate their old one-copy/computer clauses. Now they control how you
use your computer and networks, too. Just amazing. Another way to monopolize.
Why don't they just change it to: If you use the Microsoft Windows operating
system software, you may not purchase any other software for your computer,
ever. LOL.

Mark

----- Forwarded message -----
Excerpt from:

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/03/18/020318oplivingston.xml

> Reader Frank Brown sent me a completely different concern about XP,
> relating to VNC (Virtual Network Computing), a free remote-access
> application I described last week (see "Your virtual network,"
> InfoWorld, March 11).
>
> 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.
----- End forwarded message -----

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